Animation and design · lesson 19 of 24 · free

Sound and music — Animation for kids

Viewers forgive a slightly blurry picture but not sound they cannot hear. Record in a quiet room with the microphone close to the speaker, check with headphones, and keep music quieter than any voice. Music sets the mood: slow and soft feels calm, fast feels exciting. Use music you made or free-to-use music, and credit it. Sound sums are simple: a 98-second song for a 60-second video needs 98 − 60 = 38 seconds trimmed off, and a song at 120 beats per minute plays 2 beats every second.

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Creator's tip

Voice on top — “keep music quieter than the voice and the mic close to the speaker”

  1. Music under the voice; mic close; quiet room; check with headphones.
  2. Trim = song length − video length; plays = video length ÷ loop length.
  3. Beats = bpm × seconds ÷ 60; fade-out start = video length − fade length.

Use it for: Adding music and voice to school videos, presentations and short films in any video editor.

Worked example: 🎵 A song is 98 seconds long but your video is 60 seconds long. How many seconds of the song must be trimmed off? → 38

  1. The extra music is the song length minus the video length.
  2. 98 − 60 = 38 seconds.

Check: 60 + 38 = 98 seconds ✓

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