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