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