My Foley artist job description and different sound effect creation

1. Danni Manley
Foley artist job description
A Foley artist is someone who creates or adds sound effects for TV, film or radio
shows that the microphone doesn't quite pick up.
Foley artists usually rerecord common sounds like footsteps, fights, and fist banging
on a door, or pouring wine, shards of glass falling from a broken window. The sounds
that they recreate give the scene some realism. Foley artists don't usually start their
work until postproduction at the end of picture editing. The artist rerecords these
sounds in a Foley studio using different objects. They also have to do it in time with
the clip. For example if someone stabs an animal the Foley artist recreates that sound
using objected and do it in time with the actor in the clip.
Key skills that a Foley artist should have are to:
 Have a good awareness of audibility
 Good experience of sound recording
 Good listening and visual skills
 To be able to work under pressure
 Good communication skills
 To be able to organized
 Work to a deadline
 Be aware of health and safety laws and precautions
If you want to become a Foley artist you usually start as a runner in a sound studio or
audio postproduction house. This is a good way to create connections and understand
more about how the process works in a real working environment. Foley artists will
need a degree in Arts, Music, Electronics, Math’s, or Sound Technology. It would
also be more beneficial if you also have a post-graduate qualification in Sound.
Most cast and crew for s film, TV or radio show are self employed typical Foley artist
gets paid £50000 per project.

2. Danni Manley
Task 4 parts 2: to create our own sound effects
Fire crackling in the background
I. You could recorded it by popping bubble rap and then soften the sound
II. Another way is to scrunch paper up
III. You could record an actual fire burning
IV. If you haven’t got anything to create the sound effect you could download
royalty free or buy the sound effect
Banging on the door
I. You could bang on a table or a real door to create the sound effect
II. Another way you could stamp your foot on the floor
III. Hit a hardback book with your hand or a object (wooden spoon)
IV. If you haven’t got anything to create the sound effect you could download
royalty free or buy the sound effect
Stepping in mud
I. Squash some gue in your hand to make a squelching noise
II. Someone could actually step in mud
III. You could record someone stepping in a tray of mud with boots on
IV. If you haven’t got anything to create the sound effect you could download
royalty free or buy the sound effect
Running water effect
I. Pouring water from a bottle into a tray
II. Record the tap running
III. Record someone having a wee
IV. If you haven’t got anything to create the sound effect you could download
royalty free or buy the sound effect
Voice Echo
I. Record your voice in a echoed room/place
II. You recorded the voice and then edit the noise digitally
III. Speak into a microphone and the amplifier will make your voice echo
IV. If you haven’t got anything to create the sound effect you could download
royalty free or buy the sound effect