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