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