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