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) credits (b) keyframes (c) titles (d) cutaways
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem is solved (d) how things turned out
- 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script
- 5.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) film the shots (b) storyboard your shots
- 7.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “write a short script”? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips
- 10.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 11.📽️ 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
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) solve the problem (d) hook the viewer
- 13.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips
- 15.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 16.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 17.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 18.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely
- 19.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “film the shots”? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots
- 21.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) set up the goal (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) a final message
- 23.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem is solved (c) the problem gets worse (d) set up the goal
- 24.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to test the mic (b) to hide the title (c) to make it longer (d) to grab attention fast
- 25.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) choose your idea
- 26.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
- 27.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea (c) write a short script (d) edit the clips
- 28.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a second try fails (c) the problem is solved (d) an obstacle appears
- 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) build up the action (d) solve the problem
- 31.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 32.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “solve the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) introduce the character
- 33.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 34.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) the credits roll (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem gets worse
- 36.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips (c) choose your idea (d) write a short script
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) the problem gets worse (d) show where we are
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) meet the main character (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem gets worse
- 39.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔢 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
Answer key
- cutaways
- an obstacle appears
- beginning
- write a short script
- end
- storyboard your shots
- True
- False
- write a short script
- middle
- a problem to solve
- hook the viewer
- False
- edit the clips
- beginning
- end
- end
- edit the clips
- False
- write a short script
- middle
- a final message
- set up the goal
- to grab attention fast
- choose your idea
- a hook in 5 seconds
- share it safely
- True
- the problem is solved
- wrap up the story
- middle
- introduce the character
- beginning
- False
- the credits roll
- edit the clips
- show where we are
- the problem gets worse
- False
- write a short script
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