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