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.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) choose your idea (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 2.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) build up the action (b) solve the problem (c) introduce the character (d) reach the big moment
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) a final message (c) tension builds up (d) the credits roll
- 4.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “edit the clips”? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips
- 6.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem gets worse (b) set up the goal (c) how things turned out (d) the problem is solved
- 7.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) show where we are (c) the credits roll (d) set up the goal
- 9.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “film the shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) film the shots
- 10.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) wrap up the story (b) reach the big moment (c) build up the action (d) introduce the character
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) the problem gets worse (c) tension builds up (d) an obstacle appears
- 15.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) set up the goal (b) a final message (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) meet the main character
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) set up the goal (d) the problem is solved
- 17.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) use only text (b) add more talking (c) let pictures tell it (d) switch the camera off
- 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 19.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) show the problem
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) show where we are (c) a second try fails (d) tension builds up
- 24.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 25.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) meet the main character (b) tension builds up (c) show where we are (d) the credits roll
- 26.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the credits roll (c) how things turned out (d) an obstacle appears
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) reach the big moment (c) build up the action (d) wrap up the story
- 28.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) set up the goal (b) a final message (c) how things turned out (d) the problem gets worse
- 29.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) cutaways (c) credits (d) titles
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) the credits roll (c) a final message (d) a second try fails
- 31.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 32.🔢 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
- 33.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem is solved (b) meet the main character (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem gets worse
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) a final message (c) an obstacle appears (d) tension builds up
- 35.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to grab attention fast (b) to test the mic (c) to make it longer (d) to hide the title
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character (c) reach the big moment (d) wrap up the story
- 37.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 38.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) choose your idea (b) film the shots (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 39.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) film the shots (c) write a short script (d) share it safely
- 40.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- choose your idea
- build up the action
- tension builds up
- True
- choose your idea
- the problem gets worse
- True
- the credits roll
- storyboard your shots
- False
- True
- wrap up the story
- beginning
- set up the goal
- a final message
- the problem is solved
- let pictures tell it
- end
- True
- True
- True
- show the problem
- show where we are
- middle
- tension builds up
- a hook in 5 seconds
- wrap up the story
- set up the goal
- cutaways
- a second try fails
- end
- write a short script
- the problem is solved
- a final message
- to grab attention fast
- introduce the character
- beginning
- storyboard your shots
- write a short script
- True
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