Foley and spot effects

Foley-recording and putting in spot effects. During this project, I have had to record quite a bit of foley. I began this process by creating a list of all the sounds I needed. I then split them into two separate list, what I could do in the protools studio and what I would have to do at home. I made these descisions mainly based on available reseources. For example it would be difficult to record the sound of a running tap or the inside of a fridge in the studio. Although I woldn't be able to recreate the silent surroundings of the studio at my house there is certain advice in Ric Viers 'the sound effects Bible.' This has been a great resource for me in creating sound effects. I have to say that on first viewing of the solaris clip I did not realise how many tiny details I would end up taking into account. I enjoyed recording the foley. It was an intresting learning curve. I learnt that you have to be inventive in how you record things. For example the footsteps. Recording these outside on real concrete would not have worked as there would have been too much interfering background noise, rendering the clip unusable. However in the studio there is a slab of paving stone tyle material. I plced this on top of the tray or dirt as i though that this would crate a deeper and more realistic sound than the slab being places straight onto the carpet. I have learned that you have to perceiver until the sound is right or else the sound is not believable meaning the audience is brought out of the story world and doesn't believe the story anymore. One problem I had when recording the foley in the studio was that we could not get the television to play off the USB therefore it was a bit harder to do effects such as the footsteps and the chopping board. his has meant that in the edit putting them in has been a little more time consuming as they don't match well enough. For example when I was putting in the sound of the chopping board be ing sliced on, i had to cut up the clip and mark up that part of the clip in order to place the sounds at the correct moment.

I noticed that I don't have to use many effects on the foley as I had simply recorded the real world sounds as they were. One thing I did was to put EQ on the sound clip of the news. I recorded this on a microphone standing the other side of the room, however it still did not sound right. In order to combat this I used EQ and some reverb. Both of these were to make it sound like it was in a bigger space and being listened to from a distance.

I enjoyed this part of the project aswell as learning from it. there is a lot to recording the sounds and making them believable and it is an incredibly important part of the sound design and the film as a whole as it makes the film a more believable piece.