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