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) use only text (d) switch the camera off
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 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.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) credits (c) cutaways (d) keyframes
- 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.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.🔢 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.🔍 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.🔢 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.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.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 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.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔍 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.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 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.🔢 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.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 24.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) choose your idea
- 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.📽️ 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.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 31.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) one clear idea (b) no idea (c) ten ideas (d) every idea
- 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.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 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.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.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 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.📽️ 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
- let pictures tell it
- end
- beginning
- show where we are
- cutaways
- show the problem
- an obstacle appears
- show the problem
- the problem gets worse
- write a short script
- the credits roll
- True
- True
- False
- False
- share it safely
- False
- choose your idea
- set up the goal
- middle
- edit the clips
- reach the big moment
- end
- False
- film the shots
- choose your idea
- how things turned out
- to grab attention fast
- True
- middle
- False
- True
- one clear idea
- tension builds up
- True
- wrap up the story
- set up the goal
- True
- show the problem
- a problem to solve
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