Extra Foley Sound Work.

In films, sound is always under-estimated and usually left until the last minute. Sound is still one of the key eliments to making a thriller movie powerful. So I was lookied into Foley sound and tried to find some of the best ways to create noises for films. I found some great tips and thought i would share. One of the best tips i got was when creating the sound, it helps a lot if you put your finished video onto an ipod first so that whilst you are creating the noise you can create it in perfect time, this makes the sound more lifelike.

• Use foley sound to enhance the movie effect. Don't just throw in loads of sounds ontop of eachother for the sake of it. This will make the movie seem ametuer and it will not work well.

• Get the easy sounds first. During and after filming, start to think about the types of sound you will need. After filming try and create most of the noises there and then so that it becomes more accurate. For example, if you are shooting outside, then come back another time to re create the sound other elements may have changed. It may have been raining when you filmed, therefore recording the sound while you are there would be the most sensible option.

• Capture the more complex and creative sounds in the studio. For example, bones breaking, you could snap celery sticks.

The most obvious movie which use a huge amount of foley sounds is cartoon movies such as toy story and i found a very interesting video of the foley sound used in Toy Story so check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUgsMRvOeI&feature=related