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