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