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