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