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