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) edit the clips (b) write a short script (c) choose your idea (d) film the shots
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) meet the main character (c) set up the goal (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 5.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) storyboard your shots
- 7.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 8.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) choose your idea (b) share it safely (c) write a short script (d) film the shots
- 9.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) how things turned out (c) tension builds up (d) the credits roll
- 11.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a long title (b) ten transitions (c) a problem to solve (d) loud music
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) an obstacle appears (c) the credits roll (d) the problem is solved
- 13.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) show where we are (c) tension builds up (d) the problem is solved
- 14.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) set up the goal (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) how things turned out (d) a second try fails
- 15.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 17.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) storyboard your shots
- 19.🔢 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) edit the clips
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) how things turned out (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) show where we are
- 21.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) show where we are (c) set up the goal (d) meet the main character
- 25.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 26.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) a second try fails (c) set up the goal (d) the problem is solved
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) a second try fails (d) show where we are
- 28.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) the problem gets worse (c) tension builds up (d) meet the main character
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the problem is solved (c) set up the goal (d) meet the main character
- 30.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) a final message (c) tension builds up (d) the credits roll
- 31.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem gets worse (c) an obstacle appears (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 33.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to hide the title (c) to grab attention fast (d) to test the mic
- 34.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) switch the camera off (b) use only text (c) add more talking (d) let pictures tell it
- 36.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “solve the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) introduce the character
- 37.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) wrap up the story (c) solve the problem (d) show the problem
- 38.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “introduce the character” or “wrap up the story”? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story
- 40.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- choose your idea
- end
- beginning
- a final message
- end
- storyboard your shots
- middle
- share it safely
- end
- tension builds up
- a problem to solve
- an obstacle appears
- tension builds up
- how things turned out
- False
- middle
- True
- choose your idea
- write a short script
- how things turned out
- False
- True
- True
- the problem gets worse
- beginning
- set up the goal
- show where we are
- meet the main character
- the problem is solved
- a hook in 5 seconds
- True
- a hook in 5 seconds
- to grab attention fast
- True
- let pictures tell it
- introduce the character
- hook the viewer
- end
- introduce the character
- False
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