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