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 FIRST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
- 2.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) share it safely
- 3.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 4.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to test the mic (c) to grab attention fast (d) to hide the title
- 5.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 6.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script
- 8.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 9.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) the credits roll (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) an obstacle appears
- 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) introduce the character (b) build up the action (c) reach the big moment (d) wrap up the story
- 11.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 12.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 13.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “solve the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) solve the problem
- 14.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 15.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) hook the viewer
- 16.🔢 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
- 17.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a second try fails (b) the credits roll (c) show where we are (d) set up the goal
- 18.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “choose your idea”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) the problem gets worse (d) meet the main character
- 21.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) show where we are (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) a second try fails (d) meet the main character
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem gets worse (c) tension builds up (d) an obstacle appears
- 25.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) cutaways (c) titles (d) credits
- 26.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) a second try fails (c) a final message (d) the credits roll
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) how things turned out (c) the problem is solved (d) meet the main character
- 28.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) choose your idea (b) storyboard your shots (c) write a short script (d) share it safely
- 29.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips
- 30.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) write a short script (b) share it safely (c) choose your idea (d) edit the clips
- 31.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) film the shots (b) edit the clips (c) storyboard your shots (d) share it safely
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a final message (c) a second try fails (d) the problem gets worse
- 33.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) film the shots
- 34.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) set up the goal (c) the credits roll (d) show where we are
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment (c) build up the action (d) introduce the character
- 37.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) meet the main character (b) a second try fails (c) the problem gets worse (d) how things turned out
- 38.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 39.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
Answer key
- hook the viewer
- write a short script
- True
- to grab attention fast
- end
- False
- write a short script
- False
- the credits roll
- introduce the character
- end
- middle
- introduce the character
- beginning
- hook the viewer
- hook the viewer
- a second try fails
- False
- choose your idea
- the problem gets worse
- False
- an obstacle appears
- a second try fails
- how things turned out
- cutaways
- a hook in 5 seconds
- meet the main character
- share it safely
- storyboard your shots
- choose your idea
- storyboard your shots
- a final message
- storyboard your shots
- True
- the credits roll
- build up the action
- meet the main character
- middle
- beginning
- middle
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