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