Foley sound

Foley Sound

Foley effects are sound effects added to the film during post production. They include sounds such as footsteps, paper shuffling, doors opening and slamming, punches hitting, glass breaking, etc. Foley sounds are created and edited into film in order to support the action and dialogue within it. Without Foley sound, a film will sound empty, where only the actors dialogue is heard, as if they're talking within empty space. Foley sound must be controlled when edited into film, to ensure that it does not obscure the very important dialogue of the film itself. For example, a fist fight in an action film most of the time does not involve the actors actually hitting each other, and even if they were to physically contact each other with punches, this would not create a satisfying punch sound for the audience to hear. Instead, Foley artists would create the punch sound effect through continually punching a slab of meat or  a cabbage, in order to create realistic sound effects to be added into the film, and at the same time, creating a unique set of sounds to inject into the film and make it become somewhat more lively.

After researching Foley sound, I decided to attempt to record my own Foley sounds using the sound recorder on my smartphone.

Below are images demonstrating how I created my own Foley sounds:

The sound record function I had
used to record my Foley sounds.

A list of some of the Foley sounds
that I had recorded on my smartphone

Above are various Foley sounds that I have created to possibly support future project; click the play button on each player to listen to each Foley sound.