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