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