Foley Sound

Foley Sound

Sound is a key element in all of media especially film as not only is it one of four micro elements, but it also contributes in giving the audience an understanding, for example, sound backs up dialogue, can help set the pace, tone and mood etc.

Foley Sound: The reproduction of everyday sounds from footsteps, a door closing, or a running tap, that are done in post production and added to the support the action on screen by a Foley artist. You could argue foley sounds are the majority of sounds we here in film after dialogue.

After watching the foley sounds clip on the film openings website I learnt many things about foley sounds. For example, initially I thought all digetic sound was created within action. I thought that background music was the only sound that was edited into the action. But after watching the clip I realised apart from dialogue, the majority of sound is created individually and then edited into the action post production in order to support dialogue and action.

The clip has made me realise how important sound and editing is, the link between the two micro elements and I have also realised how much sound is altered before being part of the final production.