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