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