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