Thursday, 18 December 2014

FOLEY

Foley is a production of sound effects (in a studio) that are added to a film or video in post-production to make it more realistic. This can be any sound from objects falling, fight scenes, running etc. You mostly want to record these sounds in mono to get a direct sound. If you record in stereo, you might pick up some sounds you don't want. 

Below is a link to a video of two foley artists that bring an action sequence to life.


Foley is very fascinating on how they use different items and surfaces to create different sounds. I also think its a unique skill that has to be learnt by experimenting with different sounds. The foley sounds in this video don't seem to be manipulated in an editing software, I presume there is a sound mixer who mixes the levels to create the right sound.



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