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