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