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 check with headphones is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) inside a bag (b) close to the speaker (c) across the room (d) behind a wall
- 3.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎵 A song is 31 seconds long but your video is 25 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 5.🎵 A music loop is 31 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 93-second video?
- 6.True or false: to keep music under voices is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: to use any popular song is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎵 The music fades out over the last 6 seconds of a 176-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 9.True or false: to keep music under voices is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: to put the mic close is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) make it legal (b) improve the mic (c) break copyright rules (d) add more pixels
- 12.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) louder than the voice (b) switched on and off (c) quieter than the voice (d) at full volume
- 13.🎵 A song is 75 seconds long but your video is 64 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 14.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: to let music drown voices is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🎵 The music fades out over the last 5 seconds of a 32-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 17.🎵 The music fades out over the last 8 seconds of a 48-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 18.🎵 A song has 180 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 4 seconds?
- 19.🎵 A song is 85 seconds long but your video is 25 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 20.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 22 seconds?
- 21.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) peaceful (b) rushed (c) scary (d) angry
- 22.True or false: to skip the sound check is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: to do a short sound test is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 The music fades out over the last 4 seconds of an 84-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 26.🎵 A song is 136 seconds long but your video is 77 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 27.🎵 A song is 76 seconds long but your video is 46 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 28.🎵 A song has 180 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 2 seconds?
- 29.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 6 seconds?
- 30.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to let music drown voices? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 31.🎵 The music fades out over the last 5 seconds of a 77-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 32.🎵 A music loop is 24 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 48-second video?
- 33.True or false: to put the mic close is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🎵 A music loop is 30 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 90-second video?
- 35.🎵 A music loop is 10 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 20-second video?
- 36.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of a 154-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 37.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 4 seconds?
- 38.True or false: to let music drown voices is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: to skip the sound check is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) close-up (b) zoom (c) fade-out (d) jump cut
Answer key
- True
- close to the speaker
- False
- 6
- 3
- True
- False
- 170
- False
- True
- break copyright rules
- quieter than the voice
- 11
- True
- False
- 27
- 40
- 12
- 60
- 55
- peaceful
- False
- False
- False
- 80
- 59
- 30
- 6
- 9
- poor habit
- 72
- 2
- False
- 3
- 2
- 151
- 8
- True
- True
- fade-out
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