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Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video

Animation and design lesson 22: Storytelling with video · Set 775 · 40 questions
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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. 1.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) add more talking (b) let pictures tell it (c) use only text (d) switch the camera off
  2. 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
  3. 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
  4. 4.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) show where we are (c) a final message (d) the problem gets worse
  5. 5.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) credits (c) cutaways (d) keyframes
  6. 6.🔢 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
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) an obstacle appears (c) how things turned out (d) the credits roll
  8. 8.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “show the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) meet the main character (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) set up the goal
  10. 10.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script
  11. 11.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) show where we are (b) an obstacle appears (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the credits roll
  12. 12.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips (c) film the shots (d) share it safely
  17. 17.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) film the shots (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) write a short script
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) set up the goal (c) how things turned out (d) the problem is solved
  20. 20.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
  21. 21.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips
  22. 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) wrap up the story (b) show the problem (c) reach the big moment (d) hook the viewer
  23. 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
  24. 24.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) share it safely
  26. 26.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) choose your idea
  27. 27.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) tension builds up (b) an obstacle appears (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) how things turned out
  28. 28.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to hide the title (c) to test the mic (d) to grab attention fast
  29. 29.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
  31. 31.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) one clear idea (b) no idea (c) ten ideas (d) every idea
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) tension builds up (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the problem is solved (d) how things turned out
  35. 35.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) build up the action (c) hook the viewer (d) wrap up the story
  37. 37.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem is solved (b) tension builds up (c) set up the goal (d) the credits roll
  38. 38.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “show the problem”? (a) build up the action (b) show the problem
  40. 40.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) a problem to solve (c) a long title (d) ten transitions

Answer key

  1. let pictures tell it
  2. end
  3. beginning
  4. show where we are
  5. cutaways
  6. show the problem
  7. an obstacle appears
  8. show the problem
  9. the problem gets worse
  10. write a short script
  11. the credits roll
  12. True
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. share it safely
  17. False
  18. choose your idea
  19. set up the goal
  20. middle
  21. edit the clips
  22. reach the big moment
  23. end
  24. False
  25. film the shots
  26. choose your idea
  27. how things turned out
  28. to grab attention fast
  29. True
  30. middle
  31. False
  32. True
  33. one clear idea
  34. tension builds up
  35. True
  36. wrap up the story
  37. set up the goal
  38. True
  39. show the problem
  40. a problem to solve

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