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