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