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 is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem is solved (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem gets worse
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) an obstacle appears (c) a second try fails (d) tension builds up
- 3.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) film the shots (c) write a short script (d) share it safely
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “choose your idea”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely (c) choose your idea (d) storyboard your shots
- 7.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 9.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) reach the big moment
- 11.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) a second try fails (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
- 12.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) show where we are (c) meet the main character (d) a final message
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 14.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) storyboard your shots (c) share it safely (d) edit the clips
- 16.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “build up the action”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character
- 17.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 18.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) the credits roll (d) set up the goal
- 19.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips
- 22.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) film the shots (b) storyboard your shots
- 23.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer (c) introduce the character (d) show the problem
- 24.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) reach the big moment
- 26.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) wrap up the story (b) introduce the character (c) solve the problem (d) show the problem
- 28.🔍 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
- 29.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) choose your idea (b) film the shots (c) share it safely (d) storyboard your shots
- 30.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) keyframes (c) cutaways (d) credits
- 31.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) a second try fails (d) meet the main character
- 33.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the credits roll (b) a final message (c) meet the main character (d) an obstacle appears
- 34.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) no idea (b) every idea (c) ten ideas (d) one clear idea
- 35.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a problem to solve (b) loud music (c) ten transitions (d) a long title
- 36.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) choose your idea
- 37.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) a final message (c) how things turned out (d) the problem gets worse
- 38.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips (c) share it safely (d) choose your idea
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) tension builds up (c) the problem gets worse (d) the credits roll
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
Answer key
- the problem is solved
- show where we are
- True
- write a short script
- choose your idea
- storyboard your shots
- False
- False
- end
- introduce the character
- the problem is solved
- a final message
- middle
- False
- edit the clips
- introduce the character
- False
- the credits roll
- False
- True
- choose your idea
- storyboard your shots
- hook the viewer
- middle
- wrap up the story
- False
- introduce the character
- tension builds up
- share it safely
- cutaways
- False
- a second try fails
- an obstacle appears
- one clear idea
- a problem to solve
- choose your idea
- a hook in 5 seconds
- choose your idea
- the credits roll
- beginning
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