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