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 is the LAST step? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character (c) reach the big moment (d) wrap up the story
- 2.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) show where we are (c) the problem gets worse (d) a second try fails
- 3.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) the credits roll (c) meet the main character (d) tension builds up
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) meet the main character (d) a final message
- 5.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) a long title (c) a problem to solve (d) ten transitions
- 6.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) no idea (b) one clear idea (c) ten ideas (d) every idea
- 7.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) how things turned out (c) the problem is solved (d) set up the goal
- 11.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “solve the problem”? (a) build up the action (b) solve the problem
- 12.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips (c) choose your idea (d) film the shots
- 13.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “write a short script”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea
- 14.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 15.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 16.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) film the shots (b) storyboard your shots (c) write a short script (d) edit the clips
- 17.📽️ 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
- 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 19.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) show the problem (b) solve the problem (c) reach the big moment (d) hook the viewer
- 21.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) cutaways (c) credits (d) keyframes
- 22.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) a second try fails (c) the credits roll (d) tension builds up
- 24.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) show the problem (b) solve the problem (c) hook the viewer (d) reach the big moment
- 26.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) meet the main character (d) an obstacle appears
- 28.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the problem is solved (b) meet the main character (c) the credits roll (d) the problem gets worse
- 30.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) film the shots
- 31.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “write a short script”? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script
- 33.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) write a short script
- 34.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 35.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely
- 36.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem gets worse (b) show where we are (c) the problem is solved (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 37.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 38.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 39.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) set up the goal (d) show where we are
Answer key
- wrap up the story
- show where we are
- tension builds up
- a final message
- a problem to solve
- one clear idea
- False
- True
- True
- set up the goal
- build up the action
- film the shots
- choose your idea
- end
- end
- write a short script
- to grab attention fast
- beginning
- False
- hook the viewer
- cutaways
- beginning
- the credits roll
- True
- show the problem
- False
- meet the main character
- True
- the problem gets worse
- choose your idea
- False
- write a short script
- choose your idea
- middle
- storyboard your shots
- the problem is solved
- middle
- middle
- beginning
- how things turned out
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