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 let music drown voices is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) quieter than the voice (b) switched on and off (c) at full volume (d) louder than the voice
- 3.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) close to the speaker (b) behind a wall (c) inside a bag (d) across the room
- 4.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 18 seconds?
- 5.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to put the mic close? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 6.🎵 A song is 125 seconds long but your video is 89 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 7.🎵 The music fades out over the last 8 seconds of a 74-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 8.🎵 A song is 48 seconds long but your video is 31 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 9.🎵 A music loop is 12 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 60-second video?
- 10.🎵 A music loop is 11 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 44-second video?
- 11.🎵 The music fades out over the last 7 seconds of a 121-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 12.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 14 seconds?
- 13.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🎵 The music fades out over the last 6 seconds of a 151-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 15.🎵 A music loop is 36 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 180-second video?
- 16.🎵 A song is 76 seconds long but your video is 65 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 17.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to credit the music you use? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 18.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) subtitles (b) pixels (c) sound effects (d) keyframes
- 19.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 40-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 20.True or false: to credit the music you use is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎵 A music loop is 15 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 45-second video?
- 22.🎵 A music loop is 30 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 180-second video?
- 23.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 4 seconds?
- 24.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) scary (b) rushed (c) angry (d) peaceful
- 25.True or false: to do a short sound test is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 3 seconds?
- 27.True or false: to keep music under voices is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎵 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
- 29.🎵 A song is 69 seconds long but your video is 55 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 30.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) close-up (b) jump cut (c) fade-out (d) zoom
- 31.🎵 The music fades out over the last 10 seconds of a 57-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 32.🎵 The music fades out over the last 4 seconds of a 121-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 33.🎵 A song is 71 seconds long but your video is 37 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 34.🎵 A song is 69 seconds long but your video is 53 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 35.🎵 A music loop is 32 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 128-second video?
- 36.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 43-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 37.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 139-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 38.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 24 seconds?
- 39.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 3 seconds?
- 40.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- quieter than the voice
- close to the speaker
- 27
- good habit
- 36
- 66
- 17
- 5
- 4
- 114
- 14
- True
- 145
- 5
- 11
- good habit
- sound effects
- 37
- False
- 3
- 6
- 8
- peaceful
- True
- 3
- False
- break copyright rules
- 14
- fade-out
- 47
- 117
- 34
- 16
- 4
- 40
- 136
- 36
- 6
- False
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