Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass. It is commonly used to enhance the sounds of a film, and to take out any background noise. A good example for foley sound is in The Lord of the Rings, when the Fell beast's wings' sound were created by attaching a rock to a rope, and swinging it next to a microphone.
I imagine a good time to use foley sound in my film could be in scenes when:
- A lighter sparking
- The car is started
- The protagonist eats/drinks
- Walking on leaves
In this clip, I attempt to create the sound of footsteps on rustling leaves by using two crunched up pieces of paper in different ways, such as creating friction between them and stepping on them (off camera) The use of friction between the two pieces of paper made a strange and not very realistic sound, however the stepping on the paper was far better and gave a realistic recreation of walking on dry leaves. I then proceeded to use a lighter for a scene where Gidon lights marijuana. This was useful as it created a loud and stable sound to use..
In this video, I attempt tho recreate the sound of eating at dinner time through using the sound of me chewing in paper, which at first was difficult as it felt unnatural, however as I began to get used to it, It became more realistic. The spoon and plate were to create the sound of the cutlery on plate, which was well created.. However in our media lab, I was not able to create a believable sound for a car.
