Movie imported from Keynote gets much bigger in GB

Hello !
I recorded a simple presentation in Keynote and exported it to a .mov file (800x600, 13 mintues, only 10 Mb).
Then I imported it in Garage Band. Just added a short jingle at the begining, in the middle and at the end (I would have add them in QuickTime Pro, but I wanted to adjust them more precisely).
The .mov file I finally exported from Garage Band is 75 Mb in size ! But the jingles I added should be hardly 1 Mb !
Do you think, there a way to preserve the slim size of my original Keynote .mov file ?
Thank you !
Thierry

Well, you don't jump into the deep end of the pool after having just downloaded AE... that's for sure! People have tried it, and people have failed miserably, enduring endless hours of frustration by thinking to themselves, "how tough can this stuff be?".
On the other hand, people who have recognized that AE is a "learn to walk before you run" kind of application and have started here...
Getting started with After Effects (CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, & CC)
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