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.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) zoom (b) close-up (c) jump cut (d) fade-out
- 2.🎵 A song is 121 seconds long but your video is 72 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 3.🎵 A song is 130 seconds long but your video is 80 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 4.True or false: to record in a quiet room is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: to do a short sound test is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 11 seconds?
- 7.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) behind a wall (b) across the room (c) inside a bag (d) close to the speaker
- 9.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🎵 The music fades out over the last 2 seconds of a 44-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 11.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 13 seconds?
- 12.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 8 seconds?
- 13.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) subtitles (b) sound effects (c) pixels (d) keyframes
- 14.🎵 The music fades out over the last 7 seconds of a 143-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 15.🎵 A music loop is 37 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 111-second video?
- 16.🎵 The music fades out over the last 9 seconds of a 157-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 17.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to film next to a busy road? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 18.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 30 seconds?
- 19.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) improve the mic (b) add more pixels (c) break copyright rules (d) make it legal
- 20.🎵 A song has 180 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 12 seconds?
- 21.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to talk far from the mic? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 22.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) angry (b) rushed (c) scary (d) peaceful
- 23.True or false: to do a short sound test is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 11 seconds?
- 26.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: to credit the music you use is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to let music drown voices? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 29.🎵 A music loop is 24 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 96-second video?
- 30.🎵 A song is 49 seconds long but your video is 30 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 31.🎵 A song is 35 seconds long but your video is 28 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 32.🎵 A music loop is 12 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 72-second video?
- 33.🎵 When someone talks over music, the music should be … (a) quieter than the voice (b) louder than the voice (c) switched on and off (d) at full volume
- 34.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a good sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎵 A song has 60 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 14 seconds?
- 36.🎵 The music fades out over the last 7 seconds of a 180-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 37.True or false: to put the mic close is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to put the mic close? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 39.🎵 The music fades out over the last 9 seconds of a 112-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 40.🎵 A song is 118 seconds long but your video is 83 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
Answer key
- fade-out
- 49
- 50
- False
- False
- 22
- False
- close to the speaker
- True
- 42
- 26
- 20
- sound effects
- 136
- 3
- 148
- poor habit
- 45
- break copyright rules
- 36
- poor habit
- peaceful
- True
- True
- 11
- True
- False
- poor habit
- 4
- 19
- 7
- 6
- quieter than the voice
- False
- 14
- 173
- True
- good habit
- 103
- 35
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