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