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Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video

Animation and design lesson 22: Storytelling with video · Set 193 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) meet the main character (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem gets worse
  2. 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
  3. 3.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) cutaways (c) credits (d) titles
  4. 4.🔢 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
  5. 5.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) tension builds up (d) the credits roll
  6. 6.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to hide the title (b) to test the mic (c) to make it longer (d) to grab attention fast
  9. 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) build up the action (c) solve the problem (d) wrap up the story
  10. 10.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) tension builds up (d) the problem gets worse
  12. 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) build up the action (b) wrap up the story (c) hook the viewer (d) introduce the character
  13. 13.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem gets worse (b) the problem is solved (c) a second try fails (d) tension builds up
  14. 14.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “edit the clips”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) show where we are (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) meet the main character
  16. 16.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) meet the main character (b) how things turned out (c) a second try fails (d) an obstacle appears
  17. 17.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “show the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) reach the big moment
  18. 18.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) set up the goal (b) an obstacle appears (c) tension builds up (d) a final message
  19. 19.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem gets worse (b) an obstacle appears (c) how things turned out (d) meet the main character
  20. 20.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
  21. 21.🔢 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
  22. 22.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely (c) choose your idea (d) write a short script
  24. 24.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) film the shots
  25. 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “hook the viewer”? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer
  26. 26.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) share it safely
  27. 27.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
  28. 28.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) no idea (b) ten ideas (c) one clear idea (d) every idea
  29. 29.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
  30. 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) introduce the character (b) show the problem (c) wrap up the story (d) solve the problem
  31. 31.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “choose your idea”? (a) edit the clips (b) choose your idea
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a final message (c) the problem is solved (d) the credits roll
  33. 33.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
  39. 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) wrap up the story (b) build up the action (c) solve the problem (d) hook the viewer
  40. 40.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) switch the camera off (b) use only text (c) let pictures tell it (d) add more talking

Answer key

  1. meet the main character
  2. end
  3. cutaways
  4. show the problem
  5. the credits roll
  6. True
  7. False
  8. to grab attention fast
  9. wrap up the story
  10. middle
  11. a hook in 5 seconds
  12. hook the viewer
  13. the problem is solved
  14. edit the clips
  15. an obstacle appears
  16. meet the main character
  17. show the problem
  18. a final message
  19. how things turned out
  20. film the shots
  21. hook the viewer
  22. False
  23. edit the clips
  24. choose your idea
  25. hook the viewer
  26. share it safely
  27. beginning
  28. one clear idea
  29. beginning
  30. introduce the character
  31. choose your idea
  32. tension builds up
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. middle
  39. build up the action
  40. let pictures tell it

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