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