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