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