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