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