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) credits (b) keyframes (c) titles (d) cutaways
- 2.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) meet the main character (b) an obstacle appears (c) how things turned out (d) tension builds up
- 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) a final message (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem is solved
- 6.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character (c) wrap up the story (d) hook the viewer
- 7.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) write a short script (b) storyboard your shots (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
- 8.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) show where we are (b) tension builds up (c) an obstacle appears (d) a final message
- 9.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) every idea (b) ten ideas (c) one clear idea (d) no idea
- 10.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) set up the goal (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
- 11.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to test the mic (c) to hide the title (d) to grab attention fast
- 12.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 14.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a final message (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) a second try fails (d) the problem gets worse
- 15.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a second try fails (c) the problem is solved (d) the problem gets worse
- 17.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the problem gets worse (c) a final message (d) the problem is solved
- 18.🔢 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
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) the credits roll (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) show where we are
- 20.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) wrap up the story (c) introduce the character (d) build up the action
- 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 24.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) reach the big moment
- 25.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) tension builds up (c) the credits roll (d) how things turned out
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “reach the big moment”? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) hook the viewer (d) solve the problem
- 28.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem
- 29.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem gets worse (d) how things turned out
- 30.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) show where we are (c) the problem gets worse (d) the credits roll
- 31.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips (c) film the shots (d) share it safely
- 32.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
- 33.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 34.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 36.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) meet the main character (c) a second try fails (d) the credits roll
- 37.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) set up the goal (c) show where we are (d) the problem gets worse
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
Answer key
- cutaways
- meet the main character
- middle
- choose your idea
- a hook in 5 seconds
- hook the viewer
- share it safely
- show where we are
- one clear idea
- set up the goal
- to grab attention fast
- end
- end
- a final message
- False
- the problem is solved
- a hook in 5 seconds
- edit the clips
- the credits roll
- False
- False
- build up the action
- beginning
- introduce the character
- False
- tension builds up
- solve the problem
- solve the problem
- how things turned out
- the credits roll
- film the shots
- share it safely
- middle
- True
- beginning
- a second try fails
- False
- True
- the problem gets worse
- middle
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