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.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) across the room (b) behind a wall (c) inside a bag (d) close to the speaker
- 2.🎵 A song is 148 seconds long but your video is 90 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 3.🎵 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
- 4.🎵 A music loop is 19 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 57-second video?
- 5.True or false: to let music drown voices is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to put the mic close? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 7.True or false: to skip the sound check is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to use any popular song? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 9.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 4 seconds?
- 10.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) subtitles (b) keyframes (c) sound effects (d) pixels
- 11.🎵 A song is 106 seconds long but your video is 87 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 12.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 99-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 13.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 12 seconds?
- 14.🎵 A music loop is 38 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 76-second video?
- 15.🎵 A music loop is 29 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 145-second video?
- 16.🎵 A music loop is 33 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 165-second video?
- 17.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 A music loop is 11 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 55-second video?
- 19.🎵 A song is 73 seconds long but your video is 54 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 20.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 8 seconds?
- 21.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to record in a quiet room? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 22.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 8 seconds?
- 23.🎵 A song is 121 seconds long but your video is 83 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 24.True or false: to put the mic close is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to film next to a busy road? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 26.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 27.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to skip the sound check? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 28.True or false: to do a short sound test is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 176-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 30.🎵 The music fades out over the last 7 seconds of a 98-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 31.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) rushed (b) scary (c) peaceful (d) angry
- 32.🎵 A song is 115 seconds long but your video is 60 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 33.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) zoom (b) fade-out (c) close-up (d) jump cut
- 34.True or false: to put the mic close is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to talk far from the mic? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 36.🎵 A song is 57 seconds long but your video is 23 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 37.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to leave a fan whirring? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 38.🎵 A music loop is 15 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 90-second video?
- 39.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to keep music under voices? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
Answer key
- close to the speaker
- 58
- break copyright rules
- 3
- False
- good habit
- True
- poor habit
- 10
- sound effects
- 19
- 96
- 30
- 2
- 5
- 5
- False
- 5
- 19
- 8
- good habit
- 20
- 38
- True
- poor habit
- 10
- poor habit
- True
- 173
- 91
- peaceful
- 55
- fade-out
- False
- poor habit
- 34
- poor habit
- 6
- True
- good habit
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