Foley sounds

Foley sound is the reproduction of everyday sounds for use in film making. Foley effects are sound effects added to film during post production. These sounds include footsteps, clothes rustling, crockery clinking, paper folding, doors opening and slamming, punches and many more. Many of the sounds  that the sound recordists on set did the best to avoid during the shoot.the best Foley art is so integrated into a film that it goes unnoticed by the audience, it helps create a sense of reality within a scene. Without these background sounds, the films fell very unnatural and uncomfortable. Foley artists like to recreate the realistic ambient sounds that the film portrays the props and the sets do not react in the same way acoustically as their real life counterparts. foley can be used to cover unwanted sounds captured on the set of a movie. 

So these are some examples of Foley artist, the history of Foley Jack Foley began what is now known as Foley art in 1927. he had started to work with universal studios in 1914 during the silent movie era. when Warner studios released its first film including the jazz singer. Foley become part of the sound crew that would turn Universal’s then upcoming “silent” musical Show Boat into the vibrant musical we know it as today. Foley and his small crew would project the film on a screen while recording a single track of audio that would capture their live sound effects in real time. 

Jack Foley

The most common Foley tricks:

• Corn starch in a leather pouch makes the sound of snow crunching
• A pair of gloves sounds like bird wings flapping
• An arrow or thin stick makes a great whoosh
• An old chair makes a controllable creaking sound
• A water soaked rusty hinge when placed against different surfaces makes a great creaking sound. Different surfaces change the sound considerably
• A heavy staple gun combined with other small metal sounds make good gun noises
• A metal rake makes a great fence sound (it can also make a great metallic screech when dragged across a piece of metal)
• A heavy car door and fender can create most of the car sounds needed but having a whole car in the studio is better
• Burning plastic garbage bags cut into strips make a cool sound when the bag melts and drips to the ground
• ¼” audio tape balled up sounds like grass or brush when walked on
• Gelatin and hand soap make great squishing noises
• Frozen romaine lettuce makes great bone or head injury noises
• Coconut shells cut in half and stuffed with padding makes great horse hoof noises
• Cellophane creates crackling fire effects