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