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