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