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