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