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