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