Post-production:
Sound for Film
The art of sound and the creative imagination
Terminology
Sound design is the art and skilled process of creating sound tracks for a variety of mediums and types of production (ie: film, television, video, radio, music, theatre, etc.)
The process includes identifying, gathering, or creating sound elements using a variety of audio production techniques and tools. Sound design also often includes the performance (ie: foley) and editing of previously created or recorded audio (ie: sound effects, dialogue, voice-overs etc.), for the specific purpose of a particular production.
Sound effects are the recordings of replicated real, everyday sounds typically used to enhance the illusion of reality originally written in a script for a dramatic production.
Sound effects are commonly made up of non-human sounds.
Common Sound Effects:
- Explosions
- Car crashes
- Sci-fi sounds (ie: lazers)
- Vehicle engines
Foley is the process of manually creating and/or re-creating sounds and recording them live in a foley studio. These sound effects are added in sync for anything related to an Actor's movements. Breathing is not covered and is a part of the dialogue dept.
Foley is commonly made up of sounds created by humans.
Common Foley:
- Footsteps
- Clothing ruffles
- Picking up of objects, washing hands
- Bodily impact with material (ie: smashing of wood, sounds of hitting metal)
Reminder: All foley can be considered sound effects, but not all sounds effects are considered foley.
ADR (Alternate Dialogue Replacement) When dialogue is too noisy, or must change to help the story, the actors will come in and replace the dialogue. Titanic was almost 100% re-recorded due to construction noise during filming.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_design
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20effects
http://davidgavansounddesign.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-difference-between-sound-effects.html
http://filmsound.org/terminology/foley.htm
Additional Resources
One of the top Foley Artist's working in Hollywood today is Ontario, Canada's very own Andy Malcolm. Check out his career credits:
www.imdb.com/name/nm0539085/
He is also seen below is these two videos.
www.imdb.com/name/nm0539085/
He is also seen below is these two videos.
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