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