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