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