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