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