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.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) louder than the voice (b) at full volume (c) switched on and off (d) quieter than the voice
- 2.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) close to the speaker (b) across the room (c) behind a wall (d) inside a bag
- 3.True or false: to let music drown voices is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎵 A song is 90 seconds long but your video is 84 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 5.True or false: to credit the music you use is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) zoom (b) fade-out (c) jump cut (d) close-up
- 7.🎵 A music loop is 10 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 20-second video?
- 8.True or false: to keep music under voices is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) make it legal (b) break copyright rules (c) improve the mic (d) add more pixels
- 10.🎵 The music fades out over the last 6 seconds of a 156-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 11.🎵 The music fades out over the last 10 seconds of a 175-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 12.🎵 A song is 107 seconds long but your video is 83 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 13.🎵 A song is 93 seconds long but your video is 46 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 14.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) scary (b) rushed (c) peaceful (d) angry
- 15.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 2 seconds?
- 16.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 20 seconds?
- 17.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) keyframes (b) pixels (c) sound effects (d) subtitles
- 18.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: to use any popular song is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎵 A song is 59 seconds long but your video is 43 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 21.🎵 A song is 95 seconds long but your video is 69 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 22.🎵 A song is 43 seconds long but your video is 34 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 23.🎵 The music fades out over the last 4 seconds of a 156-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 24.🎵 The music fades out over the last 9 seconds of a 65-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 25.🎵 A music loop is 31 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 186-second video?
- 26.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 5 seconds?
- 27.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to let music drown voices? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 28.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to leave a fan whirring? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 29.🎵 A song is 93 seconds long but your video is 55 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 30.🎵 A music loop is 15 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 75-second video?
- 31.True or false: to use any popular song is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: to check with headphones is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🎵 A song is 46 seconds long but your video is 24 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 34.🎵 The music fades out over the last 4 seconds of a 115-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 35.🎵 A music loop is 13 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 78-second video?
- 36.🎵 A music loop is 26 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 156-second video?
- 37.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to check with headphones? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 38.🎵 A music loop is 26 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 104-second video?
- 39.🎵 A song is 67 seconds long but your video is 59 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 40.🎵 A song is 62 seconds long but your video is 45 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
Answer key
- quieter than the voice
- close to the speaker
- False
- 6
- False
- fade-out
- 2
- False
- break copyright rules
- 150
- 165
- 24
- 47
- peaceful
- 2
- 30
- sound effects
- True
- True
- 16
- 26
- 9
- 152
- 56
- 6
- 5
- poor habit
- poor habit
- 38
- 5
- False
- False
- 22
- 111
- 6
- 6
- good habit
- 4
- 8
- 17
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