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