{AUDIO} ~ Foley Artists

What magic do the sound team create on the Foley stage?

In films, documentaries and any TV category we watch at home, there's always something that goes on behind the curtain. Whether it's SFX (sound effects), characters, effects included or any TV element that sets the stage. They all have meaning to what makes the film industry, who they are today. So let's hop over and talk about SFX, in other words, sound effects. Overall, in the film industry, every sound they create is magic and make belief. Throughout the years of the film industry, sound effects is what they add to their piece of work to make reality seem more realistic and more of 'first person'. For instance, you are previewing a person's piece of work and they include background effects to make us feel like we are actually there, and that is what makes the world, more lively and how we feel more relaxed to how we connect to it. On the other hand, sound is basically like telling a story. What sound makes us who we are as a person or object. Basically without sound, our world would just seem like an empty void of darkness.

Behind the screens of documentaries/film, they have a studio where they make sounds, and there will always be a person at the back who is very experienced, to record them. So how they create sounds, is that they use different types of material like for example, a bucket pouring out water, but in reality they would picture it as a waterfall, stepping on planks, so they can create that walking sound or any type of household objects you could think of that fits well into what people watch on the screen.

Here are some materials you could use to make your own Foley sounds:

Any household or outside resources, you could use to make your own Foley sounds, just as long as it fits in with the scene.

How does the team work together at Warner Bros?

At warner bros, they have the 3 people who are on set with the mixer and the 2 Foley artists. They go through a trial run to see which sound works best for that specific scene. However, they would have to use the right Foley sound to match up with the scene they are using it for. They have a streamer that goes across the screen and when it gets to the end, it tells them when the sound would start. Onto the mixer, they have a control room where that person listens to the Foley artists performing their sounds and they don't just look at what they are using, they want to know what it sounds like. So it's like working on using any sound element they use to create sounds just like in reality.

Supervising sound editor:

https://www.screenskills.com/careers/job-profiles/film-and-tv-drama/post-production/supervising-sound-editor/

Supervising sound editors can manage the team that looks after each part of the sound of a film. This includes those who are responsible for story-telling through sound, additional dialogue recording, sound effects, background sounds and Foley. Supervising sound editors attend a spotting session with the film director and other sound editors. The point at which the film director or executive producer has given the final approval for the picture edit, on larger budget films, they start to work before shooting begins.

Who they work with? What do they do?

The Director, Picture Editor and the Post-Production Supervisor ~ They are responsible for the smooth running of the whole of the post-production process. In other words, post production is the editing portion of the filmmaking or video production process. During this process, the post-production crew not only pieces together footage, but adds sound including: music, voiceovers, sound effects and visual effects.