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