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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: to record in a quiet room is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: to let music drown voices is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎵 A song is 134 seconds long but your video is 76 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 4.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) subtitles (b) pixels (c) keyframes (d) sound effects
- 5.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) behind a wall (b) close to the speaker (c) inside a bag (d) across the room
- 6.🎵 A music loop is 38 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 152-second video?
- 7.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to do a short sound test? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 9.True or false: to put the mic close is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to let music drown voices? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 11.True or false: to do a short sound test is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to keep music under voices? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 13.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) switched on and off (b) quieter than the voice (c) at full volume (d) louder than the voice
- 14.🎵 A song is 85 seconds long but your video is 74 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 15.🎵 The music fades out over the last 6 seconds of a 99-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 16.🎵 A song is 58 seconds long but your video is 53 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 17.🎵 A music loop is 19 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 114-second video?
- 18.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to film next to a busy road? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 19.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to talk far from the mic? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 20.🎵 A music loop is 25 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 50-second video?
- 21.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: to do a short sound test is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎵 A music loop is 15 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 90-second video?
- 24.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) scary (b) angry (c) peaceful (d) rushed
- 25.🎵 A music loop is 12 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 72-second video?
- 26.True or false: to credit the music you use is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🎵 The music fades out over the last 8 seconds of a 94-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 28.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) add more pixels (b) improve the mic (c) make it legal (d) break copyright rules
- 29.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to skip the sound check? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 30.🎵 A song is 50 seconds long but your video is 30 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 31.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 4 seconds?
- 32.True or false: to keep music under voices is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 A music loop is 17 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 51-second video?
- 34.🎵 The music fades out over the last 10 seconds of a 59-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 35.🎵 The music fades out over the last 7 seconds of a 143-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 36.🎵 The music fades out over the last 6 seconds of a 42-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 37.True or false: to keep music under voices is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of an 85-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 39.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 50-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 40.🎵 A music loop is 15 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 30-second video?
Answer key
- True
- True
- 58
- sound effects
- close to the speaker
- 4
- False
- good habit
- False
- poor habit
- False
- good habit
- quieter than the voice
- 11
- 93
- 5
- 6
- poor habit
- poor habit
- 2
- True
- True
- 6
- peaceful
- 6
- True
- 86
- break copyright rules
- poor habit
- 20
- 6
- True
- 3
- 49
- 136
- 36
- False
- 82
- 47
- 2
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