Tuesday, February 18, 2025

The importance of foley noise

 No one really recognizes the importance that Foley plays in films. Especially when you are putting music over a film. For instance, in my film opening, the videos recorded did not match up in terms of sound so we had to put music over. Once that audio was moved we also had some dialogue so I had to foley over the voices of the girls talking. I had to make two different voices, record them over a proper mic, and then sync the audio. It was difficult, but since our backs were turned, it looked realistic, and to some, probably just the right amount of realistic. We have some more foley to do before out time is up but that is when we completely finish up timing the whole film as we have an extra 9 seconds to be dealt with.


The future foley to include are heel sounds, possibly walking in grass, and a girl whispering the words Irene over and over. For the heels, we need to include them when Irene is getting out of her bed because she is supposed to have them on already in the bed (since she cannot take off any of her clothes after the death). So I will just take a microphone, record heels on my own floor to then match up that audio with how her walking pace is. For walking in the grass, the two best friends are seen walking on the grass so it would make sense to hear them walking as we have birds chirping, and we can hear them. So, we should also be able to hear the girls' movements in their connection to nature at the moment. Lastly, at the end of the scene, we have to create a sound that doesn't match an action but more so what Irene is hearing. We won't be able to see what's happening that matches with the sound but it will make sense in terms of how the camera will be zooming in, indicating the sound getting intenser. Overall, this will sound very good once all is done, and it is much better with F
oley than without. It is almost in possible to make a live movie with no foley, or else the movie would be kinda bad.




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