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