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