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