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