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