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.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “write a short script”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script
- 2.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a second try fails (c) the problem gets worse (d) meet the main character
- 4.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) keyframes (c) credits (d) cutaways
- 5.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem is solved (c) a final message (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 7.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) one clear idea (b) every idea (c) no idea (d) ten ideas
- 8.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “solve the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) show the problem
- 10.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 11.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem gets worse (b) the problem is solved (c) show where we are (d) a second try fails
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) introduce the character
- 13.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) share it safely
- 14.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “reach the big moment”? (a) wrap up the story (b) hook the viewer (c) solve the problem (d) show the problem
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) choose your idea (b) storyboard your shots (c) film the shots (d) write a short script
- 16.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 17.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to grab attention fast (c) to test the mic (d) to hide the title
- 18.True or false: “a final message” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “write a short script”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) show where we are (c) set up the goal (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 21.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 22.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 23.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) solve the problem (b) build up the action (c) show the problem (d) hook the viewer
- 24.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) how things turned out (b) set up the goal (c) the problem gets worse (d) meet the main character
- 25.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 26.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) how things turned out (d) the credits roll
- 28.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 29.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “hook the viewer”? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer
- 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “show the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) show the problem
- 31.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) choose your idea
- 32.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) show where we are (b) a final message (c) set up the goal (d) tension builds up
- 33.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) introduce the character
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) meet the main character (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem is solved
- 35.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) build up the action (c) introduce the character (d) wrap up the story
- 36.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem gets worse (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
- 37.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a problem to solve (b) ten transitions (c) a long title (d) loud music
- 38.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) film the shots (b) edit the clips (c) storyboard your shots (d) write a short script
- 39.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips (c) choose your idea (d) storyboard your shots
Answer key
- write a short script
- False
- meet the main character
- cutaways
- True
- a hook in 5 seconds
- one clear idea
- end
- show the problem
- middle
- the problem is solved
- wrap up the story
- choose your idea
- solve the problem
- choose your idea
- True
- to grab attention fast
- False
- write a short script
- a final message
- False
- middle
- hook the viewer
- how things turned out
- beginning
- write a short script
- a hook in 5 seconds
- end
- hook the viewer
- hook the viewer
- choose your idea
- a final message
- reach the big moment
- the problem is solved
- wrap up the story
- the problem gets worse
- a problem to solve
- write a short script
- True
- storyboard your shots
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