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