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