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.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) meet the main character (b) an obstacle appears (c) a final message (d) show where we are
- 2.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) solve the problem (b) hook the viewer (c) introduce the character (d) show the problem
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) set up the goal (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) a final message
- 4.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 5.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) tension builds up (b) a second try fails (c) meet the main character (d) the credits roll
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) a second try fails
- 7.True or false: “an obstacle appears” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “introduce the character”? (a) reach the big moment (b) solve the problem (c) show the problem (d) wrap up the story
- 9.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a long title (b) loud music (c) ten transitions (d) a problem to solve
- 10.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) introduce the character (b) wrap up the story (c) solve the problem (d) build up the action
- 11.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem is solved (c) a final message (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 13.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) use only text (b) add more talking (c) let pictures tell it (d) switch the camera off
- 15.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “wrap up the story”? (a) solve the problem (b) wrap up the story
- 16.True or false: “the problem is solved” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “edit the clips”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips
- 18.🔢 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) show the problem (d) wrap up the story
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem is solved (b) meet the main character (c) show where we are (d) set up the goal
- 20.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) a second try fails (c) an obstacle appears (d) the problem gets worse
- 21.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) show where we are (b) set up the goal (c) how things turned out (d) a hook in 5 seconds
- 23.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer (c) build up the action (d) wrap up the story
- 24.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 25.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “reach the big moment”? (a) solve the problem (b) introduce the character (c) wrap up the story (d) show the problem
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem gets worse (c) an obstacle appears (d) show where we are
- 27.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 28.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) the problem gets worse (c) a second try fails (d) tension builds up
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) set up the goal (c) a hook in 5 seconds (d) tension builds up
- 31.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 32.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to test the mic (b) to hide the title (c) to grab attention fast (d) to make it longer
- 33.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 34.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) credits (b) cutaways (c) titles (d) keyframes
- 35.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 36.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 37.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) the problem is solved (c) show where we are (d) meet the main character
- 38.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “how things turned out”? (a) middle (b) end (c) beginning
- 40.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “build up the action” or “hook the viewer”? (a) build up the action (b) hook the viewer
Answer key
- a final message
- hook the viewer
- a final message
- beginning
- meet the main character
- a second try fails
- False
- show the problem
- a problem to solve
- wrap up the story
- False
- a hook in 5 seconds
- False
- let pictures tell it
- solve the problem
- True
- storyboard your shots
- reach the big moment
- the problem is solved
- a hook in 5 seconds
- False
- how things turned out
- wrap up the story
- end
- solve the problem
- show where we are
- middle
- False
- the credits roll
- tension builds up
- True
- to grab attention fast
- middle
- cutaways
- middle
- beginning
- the problem is solved
- False
- end
- hook the viewer
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