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) the credits roll (b) tension builds up (c) show where we are (d) how things turned out
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) a final message (c) tension builds up (d) how things turned out
- 4.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to test the mic (b) to make it longer (c) to grab attention fast (d) to hide the title
- 5.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) ten transitions (c) a long title (d) a problem to solve
- 6.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a second try fails (c) how things turned out (d) set up the goal
- 7.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) credits (b) titles (c) cutaways (d) keyframes
- 8.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) ten ideas (b) one clear idea (c) no idea (d) every idea
- 9.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) choose your idea (b) share it safely (c) storyboard your shots (d) film the shots
- 11.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) the problem gets worse (c) set up the goal (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 13.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) meet the main character (c) a final message (d) the problem is solved
- 14.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) show the problem (b) reach the big moment (c) solve the problem (d) introduce the character
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “write a short script”? (a) write a short script (b) storyboard your shots
- 16.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) the credits roll (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) a second try fails
- 18.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea (c) storyboard your shots (d) film the shots
- 19.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) set up the goal (d) the problem gets worse
- 21.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem (c) hook the viewer (d) introduce the character
- 22.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) film the shots (b) choose your idea (c) share it safely (d) storyboard your shots
- 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem gets worse (d) the problem is solved
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the credits roll (c) show where we are (d) meet the main character
- 26.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) meet the main character (c) a second try fails (d) set up the goal
- 28.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment (c) wrap up the story (d) show the problem
- 29.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 30.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips
- 31.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) wrap up the story (b) introduce the character (c) reach the big moment (d) show the problem
- 32.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) wrap up the story (b) introduce the character (c) hook the viewer (d) build up the action
- 33.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) an obstacle appears
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) a second try fails (d) show where we are
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) build up the action (c) introduce the character (d) hook the viewer
- 37.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “solve the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) build up the action
- 38.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a final message (c) the problem is solved (d) the credits roll
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
Answer key
- show where we are
- beginning
- tension builds up
- to grab attention fast
- a problem to solve
- set up the goal
- cutaways
- one clear idea
- middle
- share it safely
- True
- the problem gets worse
- meet the main character
- introduce the character
- write a short script
- False
- a second try fails
- share it safely
- False
- set up the goal
- wrap up the story
- storyboard your shots
- beginning
- the problem is solved
- the credits roll
- False
- a second try fails
- wrap up the story
- middle
- storyboard your shots
- reach the big moment
- build up the action
- beginning
- a hook in 5 seconds
- show where we are
- hook the viewer
- build up the action
- middle
- an obstacle appears
- end
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