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.🎵 A song is 108 seconds long but your video is 71 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 2.🎵 The music fades out over the last 5 seconds of a 58-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 3.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) quieter than the voice (b) at full volume (c) louder than the voice (d) switched on and off
- 4.🎵 The music fades out over the last 7 seconds of a 50-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 5.🎵 A music loop is 14 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill an 84-second video?
- 6.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) improve the mic (b) break copyright rules (c) add more pixels (d) make it legal
- 7.🎵 A song is 42 seconds long but your video is 32 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 8.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to film next to a busy road? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 9.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 10.🎵 A music loop is 28 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 140-second video?
- 11.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 2 seconds?
- 12.True or false: to record in a quiet room is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to put the mic close? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 15.🎵 A song is 66 seconds long but your video is 52 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 16.🎵 A music loop is 17 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill an 85-second video?
- 17.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) close-up (b) jump cut (c) zoom (d) fade-out
- 19.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to talk far from the mic? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 20.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to let music drown voices? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 21.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to keep music under voices? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 22.🎵 The music fades out over the last 6 seconds of an 85-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 23.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to credit the music you use? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 24.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) sound effects (b) subtitles (c) pixels (d) keyframes
- 25.🎵 A song is 46 seconds long but your video is 40 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 26.🎵 A song has 180 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 12 seconds?
- 27.True or false: to do a short sound test is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: to put the mic close is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 The music fades out over the last 10 seconds of a 168-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 30.🎵 A song is 42 seconds long but your video is 21 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 31.🎵 The music fades out over the last 8 seconds of a 56-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 32.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to record in a quiet room? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 33.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) inside a bag (b) behind a wall (c) close to the speaker (d) across the room
- 34.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to check with headphones? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 36.True or false: to do a short sound test is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🎵 A song is 70 seconds long but your video is 53 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 38.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 39.🎵 A music loop is 29 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 116-second video?
- 40.True or false: to credit the music you use is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 37
- 53
- quieter than the voice
- 43
- 6
- break copyright rules
- 10
- poor habit
- 25
- 5
- 2
- False
- False
- good habit
- 14
- 5
- False
- fade-out
- poor habit
- poor habit
- good habit
- 79
- good habit
- sound effects
- 6
- 36
- True
- True
- 158
- 21
- 48
- good habit
- close to the speaker
- False
- good habit
- False
- 17
- 10
- 4
- False
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