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 comes first: “edit the clips” or “write a short script”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script
- 2.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) how things turned out (c) set up the goal (d) the credits roll
- 3.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots (c) write a short script (d) choose your idea
- 5.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) reach the big moment
- 7.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) set up the goal (b) show where we are (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) a final message (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “wrap up the story”? (a) wrap up the story (b) hook the viewer
- 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) show the problem
- 11.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “introduce the character”? (a) introduce the character (b) reach the big moment
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 14.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) ten ideas (b) every idea (c) no idea (d) one clear idea
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) the credits roll (c) the problem is solved (d) meet the main character
- 16.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 17.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) tension builds up (b) how things turned out (c) a second try fails (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) set up the goal (d) meet the main character
- 19.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) write a short script
- 20.🔢 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) choose your idea
- 21.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) a second try fails (d) the credits roll
- 22.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) the credits roll (c) the problem gets worse (d) how things turned out
- 23.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “reach the big moment”? (a) wrap up the story (b) reach the big moment
- 24.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) meet the main character (c) the problem gets worse (d) show where we are
- 26.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 27.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) meet the main character (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
- 29.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) meet the main character (c) the credits roll (d) set up the goal
- 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.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots (c) edit the clips (d) choose your idea
- 36.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to test the mic (c) to hide the title (d) to grab attention fast
- 37.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) show the problem (b) wrap up the story
- 38.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) the problem is solved (c) tension builds up (d) set up the goal
- 39.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 40.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- write a short script
- set up the goal
- False
- choose your idea
- False
- reach the big moment
- an obstacle appears
- show where we are
- hook the viewer
- hook the viewer
- beginning
- introduce the character
- middle
- one clear idea
- meet the main character
- end
- how things turned out
- how things turned out
- edit the clips
- storyboard your shots
- a hook in 5 seconds
- the problem gets worse
- reach the big moment
- False
- the problem gets worse
- end
- True
- the problem is solved
- True
- False
- the credits roll
- storyboard your shots
- True
- True
- film the shots
- to grab attention fast
- show the problem
- the problem is solved
- beginning
- False
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