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