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