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