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