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) titles (b) credits (c) keyframes (d) cutaways
- 2.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 3.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) every idea (b) ten ideas (c) one clear idea (d) no idea
- 4.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) a second try fails (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) a final message
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script (c) choose your idea (d) share it safely
- 6.🔢 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
- 7.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔢 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) film the shots
- 9.📽️ 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
- 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) build up the action (b) solve the problem (c) hook the viewer (d) reach the big moment
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) a final message (c) the problem gets worse (d) the problem is solved
- 12.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips
- 14.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script
- 15.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) choose your idea (b) share it safely (c) storyboard your shots (d) film the shots
- 17.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) an obstacle appears (c) a second try fails (d) the problem gets worse
- 19.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 21.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) a final message (c) the problem is solved (d) a second try fails
- 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) solve the problem (b) build up the action (c) show the problem (d) wrap up the story
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 24.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a final message (b) the problem gets worse (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) tension builds up
- 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “hook the viewer”? (a) introduce the character (b) hook the viewer
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) a second try fails (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
- 27.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 28.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) show the problem (b) reach the big moment (c) wrap up the story (d) introduce the character
- 29.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem is solved (c) set up the goal (d) the problem gets worse
- 30.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) write a short script (b) storyboard your shots (c) film the shots (d) share it safely
- 31.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) hook the viewer
- 32.🔢 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
- 33.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) build up the action
- 34.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a final message (c) tension builds up (d) the problem gets worse
- 36.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) a final message (c) meet the main character (d) an obstacle appears
- 37.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) show where we are (c) meet the main character (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 39.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely (c) film the shots (d) choose your idea
- 40.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- cutaways
- False
- one clear idea
- a hook in 5 seconds
- choose your idea
- write a short script
- False
- write a short script
- a problem to solve
- hook the viewer
- the problem gets worse
- False
- edit the clips
- write a short script
- False
- storyboard your shots
- middle
- set up the goal
- False
- middle
- a second try fails
- wrap up the story
- an obstacle appears
- a final message
- hook the viewer
- the credits roll
- beginning
- reach the big moment
- set up the goal
- share it safely
- hook the viewer
- choose your idea
- introduce the character
- beginning
- a final message
- an obstacle appears
- storyboard your shots
- a second try fails
- share it safely
- True
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