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