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