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