FOLEY KIT
Foley is the art of creating sounds for films, games, TV shows, and more. The people who do this job are called ‘Foley artists’, and it’s an important role. When filming scenes, a production sound mixer will likely focus on the dialogue from an actor – what they’re saying. All the other sounds in a scene probably won’t be picked up by the microphones, and it’s the Foley artist’s job to go over the footage afterwards and add in a lot of the sounds, from footsteps to explosions.
This means they have to get creative when recording – for a twig snapping in half, just use a twig, but what about something more extreme? You can’t go breaking an actor’s bones, but if you can’t see where the sound is coming from, cracking a carrot in half sounds really similar.
Within this kit:
- 1x Set of 48 cards (inc. 25 foley recipes)
- 1x Zoom H1n Microphone
- 2x Sets of rechargable AAA Batteries
- 1x AAA Battery Charger
- And a series of props to be used when recording
Resource Links and Downloads
Audacity if you want to edit your sounds https://www.audacityteam.org
LOI YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@libraryofinspirationfoley
LOI Soundcloud profile https://soundcloud.com/library-of-inspiration
Inspirational People
Marshall Mcgee
Marshall McGee is a professional sound designer for film and video games, such as Roblox. Since 2016 he’s been documenting his journey as a sound designer on his personal YouTube channel in a series called Waveform, where he talks about what makes good sound design, how to re-create famous sound effects, and his advice on how to get into the industry as a professional.
Joanna Fang
Joanna Fang is a senior Foley
artist at Sony, and has worked on a range of video games, as well as film and television shows. At University she studied film, with a speciality in music, and brought her training as a classical musician into the realm of Foley to influence her art. Currently, Joanna has worked on over 330 projects, using her skills to define how a game should sound.
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