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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) set up the goal (d) how things turned out
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 3.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) keyframes (c) titles (d) credits
- 4.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a problem to solve (b) a long title (c) ten transitions (d) loud music
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) how things turned out (c) the credits roll (d) meet the main character
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) choose your idea (c) write a short script (d) edit the clips
- 7.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 8.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
- 9.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script (c) choose your idea (d) share it safely
- 10.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) how things turned out (b) show where we are (c) meet the main character (d) an obstacle appears
- 11.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 12.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to test the mic (c) to hide the title (d) to grab attention fast
- 13.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script
- 15.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “a final message” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) solve the problem
- 18.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) share it safely (b) storyboard your shots
- 19.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 20.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) edit the clips (b) choose your idea (c) film the shots (d) storyboard your shots
- 21.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) tension builds up (c) the problem gets worse (d) a final message
- 23.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) reach the big moment (d) build up the action
- 25.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 26.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) reach the big moment (c) hook the viewer (d) build up the action
- 27.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) film the shots (c) edit the clips (d) write a short script
- 28.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) let pictures tell it (b) add more talking (c) use only text (d) switch the camera off
- 29.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “solve the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) solve the problem
- 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 31.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) an obstacle appears (c) set up the goal (d) the problem is solved
- 33.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem is solved (d) tension builds up
- 35.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the credits roll (b) how things turned out (c) the problem is solved (d) tension builds up
- 36.🔢 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
- 37.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 38.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “show the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) show the problem
- 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “build up the action”? (a) hook the viewer (b) build up the action
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) set up the goal (c) the credits roll (d) the problem is solved
Answer key
- how things turned out
- end
- cutaways
- a problem to solve
- meet the main character
- edit the clips
- beginning
- hook the viewer
- choose your idea
- an obstacle appears
- True
- to grab attention fast
- True
- write a short script
- True
- False
- hook the viewer
- storyboard your shots
- beginning
- storyboard your shots
- beginning
- a final message
- False
- wrap up the story
- middle
- build up the action
- film the shots
- let pictures tell it
- introduce the character
- end
- False
- the problem is solved
- middle
- the problem is solved
- tension builds up
- write a short script
- middle
- introduce the character
- hook the viewer
- set up the goal
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