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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the credits roll (c) meet the main character (d) show where we are
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 3.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips (c) film the shots (d) share it safely
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) tension builds up (c) a final message (d) the problem is solved
- 5.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 6.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) tension builds up (c) how things turned out (d) meet the main character
- 7.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) set up the goal (d) the problem gets worse
- 9.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) a long title (c) a problem to solve (d) ten transitions
- 10.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) tension builds up (b) set up the goal (c) the credits roll (d) how things turned out
- 11.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) meet the main character (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
- 14.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely (c) edit the clips (d) write a short script
- 15.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) meet the main character (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem is solved (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 16.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) build up the action (d) solve the problem
- 17.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “reach the big moment”? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer
- 18.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem (c) build up the action (d) reach the big moment
- 19.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 20.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) titles (c) credits (d) keyframes
- 21.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “write a short script”? (a) choose your idea (b) write a short script
- 22.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) an obstacle appears (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) a second try fails
- 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 24.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) how things turned out (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) an obstacle appears
- 25.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips
- 26.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) wrap up the story (b) hook the viewer (c) show the problem (d) reach the big moment
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem (c) hook the viewer (d) wrap up the story
- 28.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
- 29.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 31.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “film the shots”? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) a second try fails (c) an obstacle appears (d) show where we are
- 33.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) choose your idea
- 34.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) use only text (b) let pictures tell it (c) add more talking (d) switch the camera off
- 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “build up the action”? (a) reach the big moment (b) build up the action
- 37.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “build up the action”? (a) show the problem (b) build up the action
- 38.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) the problem gets worse (d) the credits roll
- 39.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) film the shots (c) edit the clips (d) write a short script
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
Answer key
- the credits roll
- end
- share it safely
- tension builds up
- middle
- tension builds up
- edit the clips
- the problem gets worse
- a problem to solve
- set up the goal
- False
- True
- the problem is solved
- write a short script
- an obstacle appears
- introduce the character
- hook the viewer
- wrap up the story
- beginning
- cutaways
- choose your idea
- a hook in 5 seconds
- beginning
- how things turned out
- choose your idea
- show the problem
- wrap up the story
- the problem gets worse
- end
- middle
- write a short script
- show where we are
- choose your idea
- let pictures tell it
- middle
- build up the action
- show the problem
- the credits roll
- film the shots
- middle
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