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