Foley is, in essence, sound effects. With any type of film or professional video it is important to have a foley track to ensure crisp clean sounds are being produced, when on set they may have been muffled and inaudible to the microphone, a foley artist will recorde sounds using a range of props to take their place. Naturally this is a big job for a film, so in animation where you are given literally nothing, it's vital to recreate every single sound that might possibly be taking place. The whistle of birds in the background, the distant noise of a busy road, the breeze, everything must be considered and added. This website provides a brilliant insight into how foley works, where the name originated and a whole host of other useful information. http://www.marblehead.net/foley/ Careers in foley are not a directly easy thing to come across, as stated in the website above, there are no degrees or schools in foley, so there are no direct routes into it, sound artists can take a number of different pathways to becoming foley artist. Below is a video from the one show looking at modern developments in foley and giving some good examples of traditional foley artists and how they do what they do.
No comments:
Post a Comment