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