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