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