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