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