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.🎵 A song is 82 seconds long but your video is 65 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 2.🎵 The music fades out over the last 10 seconds of a 62-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 3.🎵 Using a popular song in your video without permission can … (a) break copyright rules (b) improve the mic (c) add more pixels (d) make it legal
- 4.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 10 seconds?
- 5.🎵 A song is 99 seconds long but your video is 67 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 6.🎵 A song is 61 seconds long but your video is 36 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 7.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to record in a quiet room? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 8.🎵 Slowly lowering the music at the end is called a … (a) jump cut (b) fade-out (c) zoom (d) close-up
- 9.🎵 Calm, slow music makes a scene feel … (a) peaceful (b) scary (c) rushed (d) angry
- 10.True or false: to keep music under voices is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎵 Where should a microphone be for clear speech? (a) across the room (b) inside a bag (c) close to the speaker (d) behind a wall
- 12.True or false: to talk far from the mic is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🎵 A song is 66 seconds long but your video is 24 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 14.🎵 A song is 87 seconds long but your video is 28 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 15.🎵 A music loop is 13 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 78-second video?
- 16.🎵 The music fades out over the last 9 seconds of a 129-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 17.True or false: to leave a fan whirring is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🎵 Sounds added in editing, like a door slam, are called … (a) subtitles (b) sound effects (c) pixels (d) keyframes
- 19.🎵 A music loop is 14 seconds long. How many times must it play to fill a 70-second video?
- 20.🎵 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
- 21.True or false: to check with headphones is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to do a short sound test? (a) poor habit (b) good habit
- 23.🎵 A song has 150 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 4 seconds?
- 24.🎵 A song has 90 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 18 seconds?
- 25.True or false: to do a short sound test is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: to let music drown voices is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to check with headphones? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 28.🎵 The music fades out over the last 4 seconds of a 104-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 29.True or false: to use any popular song is a good sound habit. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎵 The music fades out over the last 7 seconds of a 97-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 31.🎵 The music fades out over the last 5 seconds of a 114-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 32.True or false: to put the mic close is a poor sound habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎵 Good or poor sound habit: to talk far from the mic? (a) good habit (b) poor habit
- 34.🎵 A song has 120 beats per minute (bpm). How many beats play in 5 seconds?
- 35.🎵 A song is 83 seconds long but your video is 37 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 36.🎵 The music fades out over the last 5 seconds of a 63-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 37.🎵 The music fades out over the last 3 seconds of an 88-second video. At which second does the fade-out start?
- 38.🎵 A song is 79 seconds long but your video is 46 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 39.🎵 A song is 72 seconds long but your video is 65 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off?
- 40.True or false: to film next to a busy road is a poor sound habit. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 17
- 52
- break copyright rules
- 15
- 32
- 25
- good habit
- fade-out
- peaceful
- False
- close to the speaker
- True
- 42
- 59
- 6
- 120
- False
- sound effects
- 5
- quieter than the voice
- True
- good habit
- 10
- 27
- False
- True
- good habit
- 100
- False
- 90
- 109
- False
- poor habit
- 10
- 46
- 58
- 85
- 33
- 7
- True
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