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.🎵 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
- 2.🎵 A music loop is 27 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 162-second video?
- 3.🎵 The music fades out over the last 6 seconds of a 114-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 4.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) subtitles (b) keyframes (c) sound effects (d) pixels
- 5.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to film next to a busy road? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 6.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to do a short sound test? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 7.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 5 seconds?
- 8.🎵 The music fades out over the last 5 seconds of an 86-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 9.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) close-up (b) zoom (c) jump cut (d) fade-out
- 10.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) rushed (b) peaceful (c) scary (d) angry
- 11.🎵 A song has 180 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 12.🎵 The music fades out over the last 5 seconds of a 180-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 13.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🎵 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
- 15.🎵 A song is 47 seconds long but your video is 39 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 16.True or false: to do a short sound test is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎵 A song is 109 seconds long but your video is 50 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 18.True or false: to put the mic close is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🎵 A music loop is 25 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 50-second video?
- 20.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎵 A music loop is 36 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 180-second video?
- 22.🎵 A song has 180 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 11 seconds?
- 23.True or false: to put the mic close is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🎵 A song is 84 seconds long but your video is 33 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 25.🎵 The music fades out over the last 4 seconds of a 115-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 26.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to skip the sound check? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 27.🎵 The music fades out over the last 9 seconds of a 158-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 28.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 2 seconds?
- 29.True or false: to record in a quiet room is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎵 A music loop is 20 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 120-second video?
- 31.🎵 A song is 58 seconds long but your video is 50 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 32.True or false: to check with headphones is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 A song is 100 seconds long but your video is 46 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 34.🎵 The music fades out over the last 9 seconds of a 176-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 35.🎵 A music loop is 19 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 76-second video?
- 36.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to talk far from the mic? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 37.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) switched on and off (b) at full volume (c) louder than the voice (d) quieter than the voice
- 38.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to leave a fan whirring? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 39.🎵 A music loop is 20 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill an 80-second video?
- 40.🎵 A music loop is 33 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 66-second video?
Answer key
- close to the speaker
- 6
- 108
- sound effects
- poor habit
- good habit
- 5
- 81
- fade-out
- peaceful
- 30
- 175
- False
- break copyright rules
- 8
- True
- 59
- True
- 2
- True
- 5
- 33
- False
- 51
- 111
- poor habit
- 149
- 2
- False
- 6
- 8
- False
- 54
- 167
- 4
- poor habit
- quieter than the voice
- poor habit
- 4
- 2
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