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