Foley sounds are everyday sound effects added to films to enhance audio quality. They are produced by Foley artists on a Foley stage where they synchronize sounds with footage cues. Common Foley sounds include footsteps, doors, and breaking glass. The technique is named after Jack Foley, who established modern Foley techniques. In horror films, Foley artists creatively use materials like leather and blades to reproduce sounds of killers' weapons and splattering blood, helping set an eerie atmosphere for viewers.

1. FOLEY SOUNDS

2. What is Foley sounds?
Foley sounds are the reproduction of
everyday sound effects that are added
to film. Foley sounds can include
swishing, wind blowing, footsteps,
squeaky doors or breaking glass.
Foley
Sounds
Why are Foley Sounds
used?
Foley sounds are produced to
enhance audio quality. This can also
be used in other types of media
such as videos.
Who invented Foley
sounds?
This technique is named after Jack
Foley who established basic
modern techniques
How are Foley Sounds used?
Foley sounds are usually performed
by Foley artists. They usually stand
on a Foley stage in a Foley studios.
In front of them is a big screen of
the footage tells them the time they
need to perform the sound.
Here is an example of how Foley sound are produced:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_tqB4IZvMk

3. HOW ARE FOLEY SOUNDS USED IN HORRORS?

4. EXAMPLE: A NIGHTMARE OF ELM STREET
• For this film Gary Becker is the Foley artist who performed the sounds used for this film. He came up with the
signature sounds of Freddy’s deadly hands. Freddy is a burnt serial killer who wears a glove with razors and is
used to kill people. Becker used a creaky leather ammo belt and two types of blades for the razor sound: A
machete to give ringing blade sound and surgical steel blades to give the sound of sharpness.
• Splattering blood: He soaked a leather car chamois in a bucket of water and squeezed it to make a squishing
sound.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MLLMASSXSg

5. HOW WILL I USE FOLEY SOUNDS IN
MY HORROR TRAILER?
• In my horror trailer I will use the common sounds that we hear everyday to enhance
the mood. I will also aim use most of the common sounds used in horror films such as
killer/monster footsteps, blood splashing, stabbing, eerie wind and cracking bones. In
order to create these sounds I would need to use everyday props, materials and my
hands and feet. To make these sounds loud for the audience e to hear I will use adobe
premiere so that the sounds made will stand out.