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