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