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