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