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