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