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