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