Video Editing Worksheet: Sound and Music
Creator's tip (Voice on top): Music under the voice; mic close; quiet room; check with headphones. Trim = song length − video length; plays = video length ÷ loop length. Beats = bpm × seconds ÷ 60; fade-out start = video length − fade length.
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- 1.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 8 seconds?
- 3.True or false: to let music drown voices is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) peaceful (b) angry (c) rushed (d) scary
- 6.True or false: to check with headphones is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🎵 A music loop is 16 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 32-second video?
- 8.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) louder than the voice (b) quieter than the voice (c) switched on and off (d) at full volume
- 9.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 A song is 110 seconds long but your video is 54 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 11.🎵 The music fades out over the last 2 seconds of a 50-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 12.🎵 A song is 57 seconds long but your video is 25 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 13.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to keep music under voices? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 14.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 121-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 15.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to leave a fan whirring? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 16.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 8 seconds?
- 17.🎵 A song has 180 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 18.🎵 A music loop is 15 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 45-second video?
- 19.🎵 A song is 103 seconds long but your video is 54 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 20.🎵 A music loop is 11 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 66-second video?
- 21.🎵 The music fades out over the last 8 seconds of a 59-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 22.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to put the mic close? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 23.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 41-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 24.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) keyframes (b) pixels (c) subtitles (d) sound effects
- 25.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) improve the mic (b) make it legal (c) add more pixels (d) break copyright rules
- 26.True or false: to keep music under voices is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to check with headphones? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 28.True or false: to do a short sound test is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: to put the mic close is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎵 A song is 55 seconds long but your video is 42 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 31.🎵 A song is 29 seconds long but your video is 20 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 32.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to let music drown voices? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 33.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🎵 A music loop is 27 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill an 81-second video?
- 35.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) jump cut (b) zoom (c) fade-out (d) close-up
- 36.🎵 A song is 79 seconds long but your video is 74 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 37.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to credit the music you use? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 38.🎵 A song is 73 seconds long but your video is 36 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 39.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) inside a bag (b) across the room (c) close to the speaker (d) behind a wall
- 40.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 15 seconds?
Answer key
- False
- 20
- True
- False
- peaceful
- False
- 2
- quieter than the voice
- True
- 56
- 48
- 32
- good habit
- 118
- poor habit
- 16
- 30
- 3
- 49
- 6
- 51
- good habit
- 38
- sound effects
- break copyright rules
- True
- good habit
- False
- False
- 13
- 9
- poor habit
- False
- 3
- fade-out
- 5
- good habit
- 37
- close to the speaker
- 30
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