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