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