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