Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video
Creator's tip (Beginning, middle, end): Beginning: the hook, the character and the place. Middle: the problem, the tries, the tension. End: the answer and the message. Show, don’t tell; one clear idea for a short video; plan → film → edit → share.
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- 1.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) set up the goal (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) how things turned out
- 3.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots (c) edit the clips (d) choose your idea
- 4.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) add more talking (b) let pictures tell it (c) switch the camera off (d) use only text
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script
- 6.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 7.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) show where we are (b) the problem gets worse (c) a final message (d) how things turned out
- 8.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) no idea (b) one clear idea (c) ten ideas (d) every idea
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) an obstacle appears (c) show where we are (d) the problem gets worse
- 10.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) ten transitions (b) loud music (c) a long title (d) a problem to solve
- 11.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) set up the goal (c) a second try fails (d) the problem is solved
- 12.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 13.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) set up the goal (c) the problem is solved (d) an obstacle appears
- 14.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) credits (b) titles (c) cutaways (d) keyframes
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) set up the goal (d) the credits roll
- 16.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 17.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea (c) storyboard your shots (d) write a short script
- 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 19.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) film the shots (b) share it safely (c) storyboard your shots (d) write a short script
- 20.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem is solved (c) meet the main character (d) tension builds up
- 21.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script
- 23.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) introduce the character
- 24.True or false: “a final message” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips
- 26.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips (c) storyboard your shots (d) choose your idea
- 28.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “edit the clips”? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips
- 29.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) write a short script (b) storyboard your shots (c) choose your idea (d) edit the clips
- 30.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to grab attention fast (c) to test the mic (d) to hide the title
- 31.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) reach the big moment (c) build up the action (d) wrap up the story
- 32.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) build up the action (b) wrap up the story (c) introduce the character (d) reach the big moment
- 34.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) meet the main character (c) tension builds up (d) a second try fails
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) how things turned out (c) the problem is solved (d) a second try fails
- 38.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots
- 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “introduce the character”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
Answer key
- False
- how things turned out
- film the shots
- let pictures tell it
- write a short script
- middle
- show where we are
- one clear idea
- show where we are
- a problem to solve
- set up the goal
- end
- the problem is solved
- cutaways
- the credits roll
- middle
- share it safely
- middle
- write a short script
- tension builds up
- True
- write a short script
- hook the viewer
- False
- storyboard your shots
- False
- storyboard your shots
- choose your idea
- edit the clips
- to grab attention fast
- wrap up the story
- False
- introduce the character
- False
- end
- meet the main character
- a second try fails
- film the shots
- introduce the character
- beginning
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