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.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 2.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “build up the action”? (a) build up the action (b) wrap up the story
- 3.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) every idea (b) ten ideas (c) one clear idea (d) no idea
- 4.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) introduce the character
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script
- 6.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 7.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) choose your idea
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) the problem gets worse (c) a final message (d) the credits roll
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) the problem gets worse (c) tension builds up (d) set up the goal
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) an obstacle appears (c) tension builds up (d) meet the main character
- 11.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “reach the big moment”? (a) reach the big moment (b) build up the action
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem
- 13.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 14.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) show the problem (c) wrap up the story (d) solve the problem
- 15.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 16.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem is solved (b) meet the main character (c) a second try fails (d) the credits roll
- 17.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “show the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) build up the action
- 20.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) how things turned out (c) set up the goal (d) an obstacle appears
- 21.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) set up the goal (b) how things turned out (c) the problem is solved (d) tension builds up
- 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem (c) build up the action (d) introduce the character
- 23.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) storyboard your shots
- 24.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 26.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) cutaways (c) keyframes (d) credits
- 27.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 28.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) solve the problem (b) introduce the character (c) wrap up the story (d) show the problem
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) the problem gets worse (d) show where we are
- 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “solve the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) solve the problem
- 31.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to grab attention fast (b) to hide the title (c) to make it longer (d) to test the mic
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) a second try fails (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem gets worse
- 34.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “write a short script”? (a) write a short script (b) share it safely
- 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “show the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem
- 37.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “show the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer
- 38.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) the problem gets worse (c) set up the goal (d) a final message
- 40.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “wrap up the story”? (a) hook the viewer (b) wrap up the story
Answer key
- beginning
- build up the action
- one clear idea
- introduce the character
- write a short script
- end
- choose your idea
- the problem gets worse
- set up the goal
- meet the main character
- build up the action
- solve the problem
- storyboard your shots
- wrap up the story
- False
- meet the main character
- False
- False
- show the problem
- an obstacle appears
- tension builds up
- build up the action
- storyboard your shots
- True
- middle
- cutaways
- middle
- introduce the character
- show where we are
- reach the big moment
- True
- to grab attention fast
- a hook in 5 seconds
- write a short script
- beginning
- show the problem
- hook the viewer
- True
- the problem gets worse
- hook the viewer
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