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Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video

Animation and design lesson 22: Storytelling with video · Set 389 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) ten transitions (b) a long title (c) a problem to solve (d) loud music
  3. 3.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) edit the clips (b) film the shots (c) choose your idea (d) storyboard your shots
  4. 4.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) film the shots (b) storyboard your shots
  5. 5.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
  6. 6.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
  7. 7.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem gets worse (b) set up the goal (c) how things turned out (d) show where we are
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) an obstacle appears (c) the credits roll (d) how things turned out
  9. 9.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots (c) share it safely (d) edit the clips
  10. 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) show the problem
  11. 11.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) the credits roll (d) meet the main character
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) set up the goal (c) meet the main character (d) an obstacle appears
  13. 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
  14. 14.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
  15. 15.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “solve the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) solve the problem
  16. 16.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) tension builds up (b) set up the goal (c) the problem is solved (d) an obstacle appears
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) meet the main character (d) the problem gets worse
  18. 18.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
  19. 19.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) wrap up the story (c) build up the action (d) introduce the character
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the problem gets worse (c) tension builds up (d) an obstacle appears
  21. 21.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) the problem gets worse (c) tension builds up (d) an obstacle appears
  23. 23.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a second try fails (c) a final message (d) the problem gets worse
  24. 24.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) switch the camera off (b) use only text (c) add more talking (d) let pictures tell it
  25. 25.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) no idea (b) every idea (c) ten ideas (d) one clear idea
  26. 26.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) tension builds up (b) meet the main character (c) the credits roll (d) a final message
  28. 28.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) keyframes (c) titles (d) credits
  29. 29.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) meet the main character (c) set up the goal (d) the problem is solved
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) tension builds up
  31. 31.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) wrap up the story (b) introduce the character (c) reach the big moment (d) hook the viewer
  32. 32.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a second try fails (b) a final message (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
  33. 33.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) share it safely
  34. 34.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots
  35. 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
  36. 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “reach the big moment”? (a) wrap up the story (b) reach the big moment
  37. 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. 38.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment
  39. 39.🔢 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
  40. 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a problem to solve
  3. storyboard your shots
  4. storyboard your shots
  5. middle
  6. end
  7. how things turned out
  8. an obstacle appears
  9. film the shots
  10. show the problem
  11. meet the main character
  12. an obstacle appears
  13. middle
  14. beginning
  15. show the problem
  16. set up the goal
  17. meet the main character
  18. choose your idea
  19. hook the viewer
  20. a hook in 5 seconds
  21. beginning
  22. a final message
  23. a final message
  24. let pictures tell it
  25. one clear idea
  26. False
  27. tension builds up
  28. cutaways
  29. the problem is solved
  30. tension builds up
  31. wrap up the story
  32. a second try fails
  33. film the shots
  34. storyboard your shots
  35. beginning
  36. reach the big moment
  37. choose your idea
  38. hook the viewer
  39. build up the action
  40. beginning

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