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