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