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