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