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