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