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 FIRST step? (a) share it safely (b) edit the clips (c) choose your idea (d) storyboard your shots
- 2.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea (c) storyboard your shots (d) share it safely
- 3.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script (c) edit the clips (d) choose your idea
- 6.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “solve the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) solve the problem
- 7.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) choose your idea
- 8.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem is solved (c) an obstacle appears (d) set up the goal
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “show the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer
- 10.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 11.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to hide the title (b) to grab attention fast (c) to test the mic (d) to make it longer
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) introduce the character (c) show the problem (d) reach the big moment
- 13.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) ten transitions (b) a long title (c) loud music (d) a problem to solve
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem gets worse (d) set up the goal
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) choose your idea (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
- 16.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 17.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) a final message (d) a second try fails
- 18.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) tension builds up (b) the problem is solved (c) how things turned out (d) meet the main character
- 19.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 20.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) let pictures tell it (b) add more talking (c) use only text (d) switch the camera off
- 21.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “show the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) show the problem
- 22.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) reach the big moment (b) show the problem (c) introduce the character (d) solve the problem
- 23.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔢 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
- 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) wrap up the story
- 26.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) cutaways (c) credits (d) titles
- 27.🔢 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
- 28.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely
- 31.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) solve the problem (d) hook the viewer
- 32.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 33.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 34.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a final message (c) show where we are (d) the problem is solved
- 35.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
- 36.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) film the shots (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) storyboard your shots
- 37.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment
- 39.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) tension builds up (b) set up the goal (c) the problem is solved (d) how things turned out
- 40.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) set up the goal (c) tension builds up (d) a final message
Answer key
- choose your idea
- share it safely
- True
- False
- edit the clips
- show the problem
- choose your idea
- the problem is solved
- hook the viewer
- False
- to grab attention fast
- hook the viewer
- a problem to solve
- set up the goal
- film the shots
- beginning
- a second try fails
- meet the main character
- end
- let pictures tell it
- show the problem
- introduce the character
- False
- introduce the character
- hook the viewer
- cutaways
- build up the action
- True
- False
- storyboard your shots
- wrap up the story
- True
- end
- an obstacle appears
- write a short script
- storyboard your shots
- True
- hook the viewer
- tension builds up
- set up the goal
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