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