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