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