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