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Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video

Animation and design lesson 22: Storytelling with video · Set 202 · 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.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) let pictures tell it (b) add more talking (c) switch the camera off (d) use only text
  2. 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. 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. 4.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  5. 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. 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. 7.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
  9. 9.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
  10. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 15.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
  16. 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. 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. 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
  19. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 26.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
  28. 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. 29.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) ten ideas (b) every idea (c) one clear idea (d) no idea
  30. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 38.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
  39. 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. 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

  1. let pictures tell it
  2. a problem to solve
  3. cutaways
  4. True
  5. a second try fails
  6. a final message
  7. False
  8. middle
  9. True
  10. the credits roll
  11. the problem is solved
  12. to grab attention fast
  13. the problem gets worse
  14. the problem is solved
  15. middle
  16. choose your idea
  17. build up the action
  18. end
  19. hook the viewer
  20. choose your idea
  21. meet the main character
  22. wrap up the story
  23. an obstacle appears
  24. a second try fails
  25. choose your idea
  26. True
  27. end
  28. introduce the character
  29. one clear idea
  30. write a short script
  31. wrap up the story
  32. a hook in 5 seconds
  33. a final message
  34. set up the goal
  35. introduce the character
  36. build up the action
  37. show the problem
  38. True
  39. meet the main character
  40. show where we are

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