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