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 tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) solve the problem (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) show the problem
- 2.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 3.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) set up the goal (b) how things turned out (c) a final message (d) tension builds up
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips (c) write a short script (d) storyboard your shots
- 5.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely
- 7.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to test the mic (b) to hide the title (c) to make it longer (d) to grab attention fast
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) an obstacle appears (d) a second try fails
- 9.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) ten ideas (b) every idea (c) one clear idea (d) no idea
- 10.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem is solved (c) tension builds up (d) show where we are
- 11.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) meet the main character (b) how things turned out (c) the problem gets worse (d) the problem is solved
- 12.🔢 To make a video project, which is the LAST step? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips (c) share it safely (d) write a short script
- 13.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem (c) build up the action (d) reach the big moment
- 14.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) how things turned out (c) a final message (d) a second try fails
- 15.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 16.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “film the shots”? (a) film the shots (b) share it safely
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) meet the main character (d) set up the goal
- 18.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “wrap up the story” or “hook the viewer”? (a) wrap up the story (b) hook the viewer
- 19.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “hook the viewer”? (a) show the problem (b) reach the big moment (c) solve the problem (d) introduce the character
- 20.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 21.True or false: “the credits roll” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 22.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) the credits roll (c) a final message (d) a second try fails
- 23.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “edit the clips”? (a) edit the clips (b) write a short script
- 24.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “solve the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) solve the problem
- 27.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) how things turned out (b) meet the main character (c) the problem gets worse (d) show where we are
- 29.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) titles (c) credits (d) keyframes
- 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 31.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) show the problem (b) wrap up the story
- 32.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “write a short script”? (a) film the shots (b) write a short script
- 33.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) introduce the character (b) hook the viewer (c) wrap up the story (d) build up the action
- 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 36.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots (c) storyboard your shots (d) edit the clips
- 37.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) tension builds up (c) meet the main character (d) set up the goal
- 39.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) set up the goal (b) meet the main character (c) the problem is solved (d) an obstacle appears
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
Answer key
- hook the viewer
- end
- set up the goal
- choose your idea
- False
- edit the clips
- to grab attention fast
- a hook in 5 seconds
- one clear idea
- show where we are
- meet the main character
- share it safely
- wrap up the story
- a second try fails
- middle
- film the shots
- an obstacle appears
- hook the viewer
- introduce the character
- beginning
- False
- a hook in 5 seconds
- write a short script
- False
- True
- reach the big moment
- True
- the problem gets worse
- cutaways
- middle
- show the problem
- write a short script
- False
- wrap up the story
- beginning
- storyboard your shots
- end
- tension builds up
- an obstacle appears
- end
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