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