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