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 comes first: “solve the problem” or “build up the action”? (a) build up the action (b) solve 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.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the credits roll (c) how things turned out (d) a final message
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) the credits roll (c) the problem is solved (d) a final message
- 5.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) meet the main character (c) tension builds up (d) the credits roll
- 6.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) add more talking (b) use only text (c) switch the camera off (d) let pictures tell it
- 7.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 8.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 9.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the problem is solved (c) tension builds up (d) show where we are
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) share it safely
- 11.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) show where we are (b) the problem gets worse (c) a second try fails (d) how things turned out
- 12.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) storyboard your shots
- 13.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots (c) write a short script (d) share it safely
- 16.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “hook the viewer”? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer
- 17.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “reach the big moment”? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem
- 18.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script
- 19.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) meet the main character (b) the problem is solved (c) how things turned out (d) an obstacle appears
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) the problem gets worse (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) build up the action (c) hook the viewer (d) solve the problem
- 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 24.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
- 25.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “solve the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) solve the problem
- 27.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a problem to solve (b) ten transitions (c) a long title (d) loud music
- 28.🔢 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
- 29.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots
- 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer (c) build up the action (d) wrap up the story
- 31.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) film the shots (c) share it safely (d) write a short script
- 32.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem is solved (c) tension builds up (d) the problem gets worse
- 34.🔢 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
- 35.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “hook the viewer”? (a) solve the problem (b) hook the viewer
- 36.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) show where we are (d) a final message
- 38.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) wrap up the story (b) show the problem (c) reach the big moment (d) hook the viewer
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a second try fails (c) meet the main character (d) the problem gets worse
Answer key
- build up the action
- cutaways
- a hook in 5 seconds
- show where we are
- the credits roll
- let pictures tell it
- middle
- beginning
- tension builds up
- share it safely
- show where we are
- storyboard your shots
- False
- end
- write a short script
- hook the viewer
- show the problem
- write a short script
- False
- an obstacle appears
- the problem gets worse
- build up the action
- beginning
- wrap up the story
- True
- hook the viewer
- a problem to solve
- choose your idea
- film the shots
- hook the viewer
- share it safely
- True
- the problem is solved
- write a short script
- hook the viewer
- middle
- a final message
- True
- reach the big moment
- meet the main character
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