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