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