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