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