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: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) a final message (d) meet the main character
- 3.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “a final message” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) show where we are (c) tension builds up (d) set up the goal
- 7.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) the credits roll (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) tension builds up
- 8.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a final message (b) set up the goal (c) meet the main character (d) a second try fails
- 9.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely (c) choose your idea (d) film the shots
- 11.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) reach the big moment (b) introduce the character (c) show the problem (d) solve the problem
- 12.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “write a short script”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea
- 13.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) film the shots
- 14.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) use only text (b) let pictures tell it (c) switch the camera off (d) add more talking
- 15.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “reach the big moment”? (a) build up the action (b) solve the problem (c) show the problem (d) wrap up the story
- 17.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) an obstacle appears (d) tension builds up
- 20.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) cutaways (c) credits (d) titles
- 21.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) show the problem (c) reach the big moment (d) wrap up the story
- 22.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem is solved
- 23.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots
- 24.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 25.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script
- 27.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 28.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a long title (b) ten transitions (c) a problem to solve (d) loud music
- 29.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) meet the main character (d) how things turned out
- 32.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “build up the action”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) a final message (c) the credits roll (d) set up the goal
- 34.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
- 37.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) film the shots (b) share it safely (c) write a short script (d) edit the clips
- 38.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 39.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to test the mic (b) to make it longer (c) to grab attention fast (d) to hide the title
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
Answer key
- False
- meet the main character
- False
- False
- False
- tension builds up
- tension builds up
- a second try fails
- end
- share it safely
- reach the big moment
- choose your idea
- film the shots
- let pictures tell it
- True
- solve the problem
- False
- beginning
- a hook in 5 seconds
- cutaways
- wrap up the story
- a hook in 5 seconds
- storyboard your shots
- middle
- False
- write a short script
- write a short script
- a problem to solve
- middle
- beginning
- how things turned out
- introduce the character
- set up the goal
- False
- storyboard your shots
- wrap up the story
- film the shots
- False
- to grab attention fast
- middle
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