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 “hook the viewer”? (a) show the problem (b) reach the big moment (c) introduce the character (d) solve the problem
- 2.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) a second try fails (d) tension builds up
- 4.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “show the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) build up the action
- 5.🔢 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
- 6.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) the problem is solved (c) a second try fails (d) set up the goal
- 7.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) film the shots (c) share it safely (d) edit the clips
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) tension builds up (c) meet the main character (d) a second try fails
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “build up the action”? (a) introduce the character (b) hook the viewer (c) reach the big moment (d) wrap up the story
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “choose your idea”? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea
- 11.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips (c) share it safely (d) write a short script
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 13.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) an obstacle appears (d) meet the main character
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) an obstacle appears (c) a second try fails (d) the problem gets worse
- 15.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 16.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) keyframes (b) credits (c) titles (d) cutaways
- 17.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 18.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 19.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) the credits roll (b) a final message (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) the problem gets worse
- 20.🔢 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
- 21.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) build up the action (c) show the problem (d) introduce the character
- 22.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) ten transitions (c) a long title (d) a problem to solve
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the credits roll (c) show where we are (d) a final message
- 24.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the problem gets worse (b) how things turned out (c) a second try fails (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 25.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea
- 27.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) choose your idea (b) write a short script (c) storyboard your shots (d) edit the clips
- 28.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 29.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs at the end. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to hide the title (b) to test the mic (c) to make it longer (d) to grab attention fast
- 31.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a final message (c) meet the main character (d) the credits roll
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) set up the goal (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) show where we are (d) how things turned out
- 34.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 37.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 38.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 39.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) hook the viewer (b) build up the action (c) introduce the character (d) wrap up the story
- 40.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- introduce the character
- True
- a hook in 5 seconds
- show the problem
- show the problem
- set up the goal
- storyboard your shots
- meet the main character
- reach the big moment
- choose your idea
- edit the clips
- an obstacle appears
- meet the main character
- set up the goal
- True
- cutaways
- False
- middle
- the problem gets worse
- build up the action
- wrap up the story
- a problem to solve
- show where we are
- a hook in 5 seconds
- False
- choose your idea
- choose your idea
- middle
- False
- to grab attention fast
- True
- an obstacle appears
- how things turned out
- True
- True
- middle
- False
- beginning
- build up the action
- False
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