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