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.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) at full volume (b) quieter than the voice (c) switched on and off (d) louder than the voice
- 2.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) inside a bag (b) across the room (c) behind a wall (d) close to the speaker
- 3.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to use any popular song? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 4.True or false: to put the mic close is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: to let music drown voices is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 12 seconds?
- 7.🎵 A song is 104 seconds long but your video is 53 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 8.🎵 A song is 133 seconds long but your video is 79 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 9.True or false: to record in a quiet room is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) close-up (b) fade-out (c) zoom (d) jump cut
- 11.🎵 The music fades out over the last 2 seconds of an 81-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 12.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) angry (b) peaceful (c) scary (d) rushed
- 13.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to do a short sound test? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 14.🎵 A music loop is 38 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 152-second video?
- 15.True or false: to skip the sound check is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to keep music under voices? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 17.🎵 The music fades out over the last 2 seconds of a 132-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 18.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to leave a fan whirring? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 19.True or false: to use any popular song is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: to put the mic close is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🎵 A music loop is 28 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 168-second video?
- 22.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to check with headphones? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 23.🎵 A music loop is 21 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 42-second video?
- 24.🎵 A music loop is 10 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 30-second video?
- 25.🎵 A song is 33 seconds long but your video is 20 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 26.True or false: to credit the music you use is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 28.True or false: to use any popular song is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) sound effects (b) pixels (c) subtitles (d) keyframes
- 30.🎵 A music loop is 13 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 39-second video?
- 31.🎵 A music loop is 22 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 66-second video?
- 32.🎵 The music fades out over the last 10 seconds of a 103-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 33.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to film next to a busy road? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 34.True or false: to do a short sound test is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🎵 A song is 53 seconds long but your video is 23 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 36.🎵 A song is 83 seconds long but your video is 65 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 37.🎵 A song is 75 seconds long but your video is 42 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 38.🎵 A song is 26 seconds long but your video is 21 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 39.🎵 A song is 70 seconds long but your video is 59 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 40.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) add more pixels (b) break copyright rules (c) improve the mic (d) make it legal
Answer key
- quieter than the voice
- close to the speaker
- poor habit
- True
- False
- 24
- 51
- 54
- False
- fade-out
- 79
- peaceful
- good habit
- 4
- True
- good habit
- 130
- poor habit
- True
- False
- 6
- good habit
- 2
- 3
- 13
- True
- 25
- False
- sound effects
- 3
- 3
- 93
- poor habit
- False
- 30
- 18
- 33
- 5
- 11
- break copyright rules
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