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