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