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