Understanding music for film and tv
* Foley Sounds In every movie you hear recognizable sounds. For example, when it's snowing, you'll hear the snow crush underneath a pair of shoes or, on a beach, you can hear the waves crashing in. In real life you wouldn't necessarily hear it so obviously, but in a film, people need those sounds to make them aware of what is happening. The sounds are over-exaggerated to create drama, energy and creativity. Those sounds are recorded afterwards in a studio by Foley Artists. They do this by playing the movie in the studio while the Foley Artists use tools to create all the sounds sync to the movie. Foley art can be divided in different categories. One category is 'Feet', which includes all the footsteps that are taken in the film. The Foley Artists stamp their feet on a marble slab to create the sound. Another category is 'Cloth's'. Cloth's are all the sounds that fabrics make, for example a pair of jeans that gets ripped apart. A vid...
