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