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