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