Foley Artistry

This is the fist and most common Foley

• Sound

• Feet

• Movement

• Specific

Jack Foley was

• An actor who is credited with making "talkies"

• a Hollywood producer known for King Kong

• an American sound effects artists who created "movie sound"

• a 1920s director

What are the four reasons sound is recreated for screen projects? (choose all correct answers)

• to be more realistic

• to make the scene more immersive

• to make it less expensive to produce

• to make the scene louder and more believeable

• to fill the aural void

Why use different shoes for different character? (choose all answers that apply)

• Sometimes a character's walk is specific to that character

• so the audience call tell characters apart even when they can't see them om screen

• to make it sound better

• so Foley artists have to make mulitiple Feet sounds

One way a "punch" sound is made is for the Foley artist to

• break celery

• punch a chicken

• punch a person next to a microphone

• use a computer libray to find a punch sound

An example of "movement" foley would be (choose 2)

• a waterfall

• a sail blowing in the wind

• a rooster

• lighting

An example of "Specific" Foley is (choose 2)

• a squeaky bicycle

• rain

• glass shattering from a baseball

• ocean waves

An easy way Foley artists can re-create the sound of walking in the snow is to use

• real snow

• a bag or cornstarch

• cornmeal on plywood

• crushed ice and boots