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