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