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