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