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: “the credits roll”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 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: “edit the clips” or “write a short script”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script
- 4.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 5.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) solve the problem (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) reach the big moment
- 6.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) credits (c) titles (d) cutaways
- 7.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots (c) storyboard your shots (d) choose your idea
- 8.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) solve the problem
- 10.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 11.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) tension builds up (b) the credits roll (c) how things turned out (d) show where we are
- 12.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) meet the main character (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the problem gets worse (d) the credits roll
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 14.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 15.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer (c) solve the problem (d) reach the big moment
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) set up the goal (c) a final message (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 17.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 18.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) tension builds up (b) set up the goal (c) show where we are (d) a final message
- 19.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) let pictures tell it (b) use only text (c) switch the camera off (d) add more talking
- 20.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
- 21.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the credits roll (b) the problem is solved (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 23.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the problem is solved (d) how things turned out
- 24.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) storyboard your shots
- 25.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) choose your idea
- 26.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) show where we are (c) how things turned out (d) the credits roll
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) the problem is solved (d) an obstacle appears
- 29.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) ten transitions (c) a long title (d) a problem to solve
- 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “solve the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) show the problem
- 31.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the credits roll (c) a final message (d) the problem gets worse
- 33.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “show the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) show the problem
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) set up the goal (d) an obstacle appears
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) build up the action
- 37.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “introduce the character”? (a) solve the problem (b) introduce the character
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) tension builds up (c) show where we are (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 39.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 40.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) a second try fails (c) the problem is solved (d) set up the goal
Answer key
- end
- True
- write a short script
- middle
- wrap up the story
- cutaways
- choose your idea
- True
- hook the viewer
- beginning
- show where we are
- the problem gets worse
- end
- end
- build up the action
- a final message
- middle
- a final message
- let pictures tell it
- share it safely
- False
- an obstacle appears
- a hook in 5 seconds
- choose your idea
- choose your idea
- False
- show where we are
- the problem is solved
- a problem to solve
- show the problem
- middle
- the problem gets worse
- True
- hook the viewer
- an obstacle appears
- hook the viewer
- introduce the character
- tension builds up
- beginning
- the problem is solved
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