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