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