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