When we watch any piece of cinematic product on TV or film, we generally take the sound that accompanies the visual for granted. In terms of recreating situations and special effects, we often give all the focus to things like CGI and don’t realise the amount of work that also goes into making the audio track seem believable. Taking a sound design subject this semester has made me realise how important the soundscape is. This applies to obviously complex sounds like explosions, but also to sound effects we don’t even notice yet are so used to having. For example, something as little as footsteps in a ‘walk & talk’ scene, or the rustling of a coat, need to be recreated through foley.
This short film is a really good representation of the job of the foley artist:
BFFF15 WINNER: The Foley Artist – Oliver Holms from Berlin Fashion Film Festival on Vimeo.
