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Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video

Animation and design lesson 22: Storytelling with video · Set 485 · 40 questions
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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. 1.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) every idea (b) no idea (c) one clear idea (d) ten ideas
  2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 10.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  13. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 22.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
  23. 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. 24.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
  25. 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. 26.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  27. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
  36. 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. 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. 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. 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. 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end

Answer key

  1. one clear idea
  2. an obstacle appears
  3. the problem gets worse
  4. write a short script
  5. write a short script
  6. a problem to solve
  7. an obstacle appears
  8. a second try fails
  9. write a short script
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. wrap up the story
  14. share it safely
  15. let pictures tell it
  16. reach the big moment
  17. a hook in 5 seconds
  18. film the shots
  19. the problem is solved
  20. build up the action
  21. meet the main character
  22. middle
  23. a second try fails
  24. False
  25. tension builds up
  26. False
  27. show the problem
  28. film the shots
  29. solve the problem
  30. cutaways
  31. introduce the character
  32. the problem is solved
  33. hook the viewer
  34. to grab attention fast
  35. beginning
  36. choose your idea
  37. set up the goal
  38. hook the viewer
  39. show the problem
  40. end

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