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