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 is the odd one out? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) tension builds up (c) show where we are (d) set up the goal
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 3.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely (c) choose your idea (d) film the shots
- 4.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) share it safely (b) storyboard your shots (c) edit the clips (d) choose your idea
- 6.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) the credits roll (b) how things turned out (c) set up the goal (d) tension builds up
- 7.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 8.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) reach the big moment (c) build up the action (d) hook the viewer
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “write a short script”? (a) write a short script (b) film the shots
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem gets worse
- 12.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) film the shots (b) edit the clips (c) choose your idea (d) write a short script
- 13.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “share it safely”? (a) choose your idea (b) share it safely
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) the problem gets worse (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) set up the goal
- 15.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) the problem gets worse (c) show where we are (d) a final message
- 16.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to grab attention fast (b) to hide the title (c) to test the mic (d) to make it longer
- 17.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 18.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) wrap up the story (c) introduce the character (d) solve the problem
- 20.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “choose your idea”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea
- 21.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) show where we are (b) how things turned out (c) tension builds up (d) meet the main character
- 22.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 23.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) choose your idea
- 24.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) wrap up the story (b) build up the action (c) solve the problem (d) introduce the character
- 25.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) an obstacle appears (c) a final message (d) a second try fails
- 27.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “hook the viewer”? (a) solve the problem (b) hook the viewer
- 29.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) tension builds up (b) meet the main character (c) a second try fails (d) the credits roll
- 30.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “show the problem”? (a) build up the action (b) introduce the character (c) reach the big moment (d) hook the viewer
- 31.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) let pictures tell it (b) switch the camera off (c) add more talking (d) use only text
- 33.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) loud music (b) ten transitions (c) a problem to solve (d) a long title
- 34.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) titles (b) keyframes (c) credits (d) cutaways
- 35.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “storyboard your shots”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) film the shots
- 36.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) an obstacle appears (b) meet the main character (c) how things turned out (d) the problem gets worse
- 37.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) an obstacle appears (c) set up the goal (d) tension builds up
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) meet the main character (c) a final message (d) the credits roll
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
Answer key
- tension builds up
- end
- storyboard your shots
- True
- share it safely
- set up the goal
- end
- True
- hook the viewer
- write a short script
- a hook in 5 seconds
- choose your idea
- choose your idea
- the problem gets worse
- show where we are
- to grab attention fast
- beginning
- False
- wrap up the story
- choose your idea
- tension builds up
- middle
- choose your idea
- introduce the character
- False
- a final message
- True
- hook the viewer
- the credits roll
- build up the action
- True
- let pictures tell it
- a problem to solve
- cutaways
- film the shots
- meet the main character
- False
- set up the goal
- meet the main character
- end
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