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