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Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video

Animation and design lesson 22: Storytelling with video · Set 991 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots (c) choose your idea (d) edit the clips
  2. 2.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) share it safely (c) write a short script (d) edit the clips
  3. 3.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
  5. 5.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
  6. 6.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) credits (c) cutaways (d) keyframes
  8. 8.📽️ 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
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) the problem is solved (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) set up the goal
  10. 10.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
  11. 11.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) use only text (b) add more talking (c) switch the camera off (d) let pictures tell it
  12. 12.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character (c) reach the big moment (d) show the problem
  14. 14.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
  16. 16.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment
  17. 17.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) solve the problem (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
  18. 18.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “build up the action”? (a) build up the action (b) show the problem
  19. 19.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the credits roll (b) an obstacle appears (c) meet the main character (d) the problem is solved
  20. 20.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “introduce the character”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character
  21. 21.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) one clear idea (b) ten ideas (c) every idea (d) no idea
  22. 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem
  23. 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
  24. 24.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “reach the big moment”? (a) reach the big moment (b) build up the action
  25. 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment (c) solve the problem (d) introduce the character
  26. 26.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) show where we are (c) the problem gets worse (d) tension builds up
  28. 28.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) the credits roll (c) a final message (d) the problem is solved
  30. 30.📽️ 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
  31. 31.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem gets worse (c) how things turned out (d) a hook in 5 seconds
  32. 32.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) tension builds up (b) the problem gets worse (c) the problem is solved (d) meet the main character
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) set up the goal (c) meet the main character (d) show where we are
  34. 34.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem gets worse (b) show where we are (c) meet the main character (d) set up the goal
  35. 35.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story
  36. 36.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) how things turned out (b) set up the goal (c) tension builds up (d) a final message
  37. 37.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) hook the viewer (c) build up the action (d) wrap up the story
  39. 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) wrap up the story (c) reach the big moment (d) introduce the character
  40. 40.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. choose your idea
  2. edit the clips
  3. False
  4. show the problem
  5. beginning
  6. True
  7. cutaways
  8. to grab attention fast
  9. the problem is solved
  10. end
  11. let pictures tell it
  12. True
  13. introduce the character
  14. True
  15. end
  16. hook the viewer
  17. wrap up the story
  18. show the problem
  19. an obstacle appears
  20. introduce the character
  21. one clear idea
  22. solve the problem
  23. end
  24. build up the action
  25. hook the viewer
  26. write a short script
  27. show where we are
  28. False
  29. meet the main character
  30. a problem to solve
  31. a hook in 5 seconds
  32. the problem is solved
  33. the problem gets worse
  34. the problem gets worse
  35. introduce the character
  36. tension builds up
  37. False
  38. build up the action
  39. wrap up the story
  40. False

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