Foley work is not just adding sounds to a moving image. It is the art of bringing an action sequence to life with synchronised sound effects.
It is the equipment used and the small details added to the scenes to give the illusion of a prop or the setting. It is the floor and the platform used to record footsteps to add to the scene and give it a time and place. It is the recording of a small prop moving in a specific way that makes the scene come to life.
All of this takes years of practice and very good ears that can hear details.
It makes you start to live your life in a different way; you start to assume how people's shoes sound like depending on the way they look. You start listening to the sounds different windows make while being opened or closed. It makes you spot the difference between footsteps and what might a person be thinking of while walking.
Foley artist need to also think about the clothes they wear while recording and if they want them to make noises or not. If the Foley artist is recording a prop being used in the moving image they wear kottons so no sound would come from the clothes while the artist is moving.
It is the equipment used and the small details added to the scenes to give the illusion of a prop or the setting. It is the floor and the platform used to record footsteps to add to the scene and give it a time and place. It is the recording of a small prop moving in a specific way that makes the scene come to life.
All of this takes years of practice and very good ears that can hear details.
It makes you start to live your life in a different way; you start to assume how people's shoes sound like depending on the way they look. You start listening to the sounds different windows make while being opened or closed. It makes you spot the difference between footsteps and what might a person be thinking of while walking.
Foley artist need to also think about the clothes they wear while recording and if they want them to make noises or not. If the Foley artist is recording a prop being used in the moving image they wear kottons so no sound would come from the clothes while the artist is moving.
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