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