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.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) titles (c) credits (d) keyframes
- 2.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “share it safely”? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely
- 3.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) ten transitions (b) a long title (c) loud music (d) a problem to solve
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) write a short script (b) share it safely (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) film the shots
- 6.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 7.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to hide the title (c) to grab attention fast (d) to test the mic
- 8.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “hook the viewer”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer
- 10.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 11.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) storyboard your shots
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character (c) wrap up the story (d) hook the viewer
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 14.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer (c) show the problem (d) solve the problem
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) a second try fails (c) the problem gets worse (d) an obstacle appears
- 16.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem is solved
- 18.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem
- 19.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea (c) film the shots (d) share it safely
- 20.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) tension builds up (c) a final message (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 21.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) one clear idea (b) ten ideas (c) every idea (d) no idea
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) a final message (c) the problem is solved (d) a second try fails
- 23.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a final message (b) tension builds up (c) set up the goal (d) the problem gets worse
- 24.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “hook the viewer”? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer
- 25.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script
- 26.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots
- 27.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 29.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) how things turned out (b) show where we are (c) meet the main character (d) a second try fails
- 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 31.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 32.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script (c) choose your idea (d) share it safely
- 33.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) hook the viewer (d) build up the action
- 34.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) an obstacle appears (c) the credits roll (d) the problem gets worse
- 35.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) reach the big moment
- 36.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) storyboard your shots
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) show where we are (c) an obstacle appears (d) set up the goal
- 38.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) meet the main character (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
- 39.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) film the shots (b) choose your idea
Answer key
- cutaways
- edit the clips
- a problem to solve
- write a short script
- film the shots
- False
- to grab attention fast
- middle
- hook the viewer
- middle
- choose your idea
- wrap up the story
- beginning
- show the problem
- meet the main character
- False
- the problem is solved
- solve the problem
- film the shots
- a final message
- one clear idea
- a second try fails
- set up the goal
- hook the viewer
- write a short script
- film the shots
- False
- True
- a second try fails
- beginning
- end
- share it safely
- wrap up the story
- the credits roll
- reach the big moment
- storyboard your shots
- an obstacle appears
- meet the main character
- False
- choose your idea
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