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