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