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.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) wrap up the story (c) solve the problem (d) show the problem
- 2.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) credits (b) keyframes (c) cutaways (d) titles
- 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 4.🔍 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
- 5.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) tension builds up
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) film the shots
- 7.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a final message (c) the problem gets worse (d) show where we are
- 8.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 9.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “show the problem”? (a) wrap up the story (b) show the problem
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) show where we are (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
- 12.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 14.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “edit the clips”? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots
- 16.📽️ 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
- 17.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) meet the main character (d) a second try fails
- 19.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) ten ideas (b) every idea (c) no idea (d) one clear idea
- 22.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the credits roll (b) meet the main character (c) an obstacle appears (d) how things turned out
- 23.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “solve the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) solve the problem
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) how things turned out (c) a final message (d) the problem is solved
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) tension builds up (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) show where we are
- 26.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) hook the viewer (c) build up the action (d) solve the problem
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) show the problem (b) build up the action (c) hook the viewer (d) solve the problem
- 28.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) show where we are (c) a second try fails (d) how things turned out
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) how things turned out (c) a second try fails (d) tension builds up
- 30.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) tension builds up (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the credits roll (d) the problem gets worse
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
- 33.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) show where we are (c) an obstacle appears (d) the credits roll
- 35.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) hook the viewer (b) build up the action (c) show the problem (d) solve the problem
- 36.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) the credits roll (c) how things turned out (d) a second try fails
- 38.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) choose your idea
- 39.🔢 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) reach the big moment
- 40.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) the problem gets worse (c) meet the main character (d) how things turned out
Answer key
- wrap up the story
- cutaways
- end
- a hook in 5 seconds
- tension builds up
- write a short script
- a final message
- middle
- True
- show the problem
- show where we are
- beginning
- end
- write a short script
- storyboard your shots
- a problem to solve
- end
- meet the main character
- True
- True
- one clear idea
- an obstacle appears
- introduce the character
- set up the goal
- tension builds up
- build up the action
- hook the viewer
- how things turned out
- how things turned out
- True
- the credits roll
- the problem is solved
- False
- show where we are
- show the problem
- True
- a second try fails
- choose your idea
- introduce the character
- the problem gets worse
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