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: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) show the problem (b) build up the action (c) hook the viewer (d) wrap up the story
- 4.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 5.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) show where we are (b) tension builds up (c) the problem gets worse (d) a second try fails
- 6.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) switch the camera off (b) let pictures tell it (c) add more talking (d) use only text
- 7.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to test the mic (c) to hide the title (d) to grab attention fast
- 8.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) the problem is solved (c) a final message (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 12.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “solve the problem”? (a) solve the problem (b) wrap up the story
- 13.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 14.🔢 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
- 15.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “show where we are” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) meet the main character (c) a final message (d) the problem is solved
- 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 19.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) storyboard your shots
- 20.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots (c) write a short script (d) choose your idea
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) meet the main character (c) set up the goal (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 22.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) the problem is solved (c) meet the main character (d) a second try fails
- 23.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) a final message (c) show where we are (d) meet the main character
- 25.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 26.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 27.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 28.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely (c) film the shots (d) choose your idea
- 29.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) the credits roll (c) the problem is solved (d) tension builds up
- 31.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots (c) storyboard your shots (d) share it safely
- 32.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) titles (c) keyframes (d) credits
- 35.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 37.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 38.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “hook the viewer” or “build up the action”? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer
- 40.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) a second try fails (c) the problem is solved (d) set up the goal
Answer key
- False
- True
- hook the viewer
- beginning
- show where we are
- let pictures tell it
- to grab attention fast
- True
- True
- True
- a hook in 5 seconds
- solve the problem
- end
- hook the viewer
- False
- False
- meet the main character
- end
- choose your idea
- choose your idea
- the credits roll
- meet the main character
- False
- a final message
- beginning
- middle
- beginning
- film the shots
- False
- tension builds up
- share it safely
- False
- False
- cutaways
- True
- True
- middle
- beginning
- hook the viewer
- a second try fails
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