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