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.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) add more talking (b) let pictures tell it (c) switch the camera off (d) use only text
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 3.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem is solved (b) meet the main character (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
- 4.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips (c) write a short script (d) choose your idea
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips
- 7.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 8.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) credits (c) keyframes (d) titles
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “build up the action”? (a) show the problem (b) build up the action
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) share it safely
- 11.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) ten transitions (c) a long title (d) a problem to solve
- 12.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) the problem is solved (c) a final message (d) how things turned out
- 15.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem is solved (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) an obstacle appears
- 16.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 17.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) build up the action (b) wrap up the story (c) introduce the character (d) reach the big moment
- 19.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 20.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 21.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) the credits roll (c) meet the main character (d) tension builds up
- 22.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 23.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) film the shots
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) the credits roll (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem is solved
- 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) introduce the character
- 26.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) build up the action (b) reach the big moment (c) show the problem (d) wrap up the story
- 28.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem is solved (d) a final message
- 29.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) build up the action (b) show the problem (c) introduce the character (d) wrap up the story
- 30.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) set up the goal (c) a final message (d) the problem gets worse
- 32.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem gets worse (d) the credits roll
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) how things turned out (c) a final message (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 36.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) an obstacle appears (c) how things turned out (d) a second try fails
- 38.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) show the problem
- 39.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) set up the goal (b) the credits roll (c) an obstacle appears (d) tension builds up
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
Answer key
- let pictures tell it
- beginning
- the problem is solved
- end
- edit the clips
- storyboard your shots
- True
- cutaways
- show the problem
- choose your idea
- a problem to solve
- False
- False
- meet the main character
- a hook in 5 seconds
- end
- False
- wrap up the story
- False
- middle
- the credits roll
- middle
- film the shots
- an obstacle appears
- introduce the character
- True
- show the problem
- an obstacle appears
- introduce the character
- False
- a final message
- False
- False
- the credits roll
- a hook in 5 seconds
- True
- how things turned out
- show the problem
- set up the goal
- end
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