Foley Artists: How Movie Sound Effects Are Made

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  • Опубліковано 12 чер 2016
  • Foley artists make many of the movie sound effects you hear in your favorite films. Here’s a look at how they do it.
    Gary Hecker (Django Unchained, Hancock, 300), Dawn Lunsford (Whiplash, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Alicia Stevenson (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, X-Men, Transformers: Age of Extinction) take viewers through their post-production process.
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  • @soyitiel
    @soyitiel 7 років тому +1092

    A job poorly done is the one noticeable, this is probably the most underrated job. Good work

    • @ryanisabel1025
      @ryanisabel1025 7 років тому +1

      Itiel López I know right!

    • @diabl2master
      @diabl2master 7 років тому +7

      Underappreciated.

    • @nightspicer
      @nightspicer 4 роки тому +17

      the most underappreciated jobs are the ones that require lots of work and people don't know about that unless done wrong.

    • @jaydenongfuel9886
      @jaydenongfuel9886 4 роки тому

      lol

    • @donaldnealious9662
      @donaldnealious9662 3 роки тому

      @@jaydenongfuel9886 Like offensive lineman whose names are not called. They are doing a good job well. I love watching Foley artists at work.

  • @thedustinbuck
    @thedustinbuck 8 років тому +655

    This is such an impressive part of the creative process.

    • @youreright6627
      @youreright6627 7 років тому +17

      Amazing right?!?!
      I was always fascinated by the foley artists....
      Great "little documentary"

    • @NatesFilmTutorials
      @NatesFilmTutorials 7 років тому +8

      Dustin Buck I concur. Always amazed how a simple object can transform into another object. Such an important role in emerging your audience into your story.

  • @arianagarcia7419
    @arianagarcia7419 8 років тому +264

    What they do is amazing, and I think we don't appreciate it so much as we should.

  • @Honduliocoolio
    @Honduliocoolio 7 років тому +236

    that dudes arms are ripped from making sounds

    • @jakcarn4184
      @jakcarn4184 7 років тому +6

      i always thought the sounds were natural. This means apart from the voice acting all other sounds are added which i find it hard to believe

    • @Honduliocoolio
      @Honduliocoolio 7 років тому +1

      Rab carn Yea it's all done in post production. Once the actors are done. This is where they add the effects and sound

    • @chingizzhylkybayev8575
      @chingizzhylkybayev8575 6 років тому +2

      Rab carn uhm... voice acting is also added in post, you know.

    • @dawnlunsford7690
      @dawnlunsford7690 5 років тому +16

      It's true! Think of it this way: You're shooting a scene with Al Pacino and Merryl Streep. The scene is in a restaurant with people eating and talking and the bartender is making drinks... a cappuccino machine is going, a band is playing. The most important and expensive thing to capture is the actor's dialogue. If all of that noise was being recorded organically, the way it would if you were really in a restaurant chatting, you may never be able to hear these great actors speaking great dialogue, which is driving the story of the film. There is a reason they say, "Quiet on the set!" All of the other sounds can be added later (and sound much better) in order to control what the director wants you to hear or move your attention to. Make sense?

    • @Nom8d
      @Nom8d 2 роки тому

      Yeah from making sounds

  • @Ndo01
    @Ndo01 8 років тому +280

    Looks like a really fun job.

    • @kylemartin8655
      @kylemartin8655 6 років тому +2

      Nando N it is

    • @craigory8123
      @craigory8123 5 років тому +2

      Nando N I got to go inside of the Universals foley room, and I mean it felt fun already.

    • @dawnlunsford7690
      @dawnlunsford7690 5 років тому

      It truly is...

  • @Kai0nTheMoon
    @Kai0nTheMoon 5 років тому +9

    I did foley for about a year. It is hard work. Whenever you sit back with your popcorn and soda, never forget just how many people put their time and skill into every film you see.

  • @saibhargav6474
    @saibhargav6474 6 років тому +129

    Ok so these guys are the reason y horror films are so scary

    • @dawnlunsford7690
      @dawnlunsford7690 5 років тому +13

      I've done plenty of Foley for Horror films and I have to say that the MUSIC is what really makes a film scary. Watch a terrifying film with the sound off or with music removed and see how NOT scary it becomes.

    • @lustantinoanimations5699
      @lustantinoanimations5699 3 роки тому +1

      Yes.

    • @mythico2667
      @mythico2667 3 роки тому

      we've been after the wrong people all along! Lets attack the foley artists instead.
      /j.

    • @dionst.michael1482
      @dionst.michael1482 2 роки тому +1

      Soundtracks for horror are key

    • @snailbait
      @snailbait Рік тому

      Yes, my last resort step of getting through a horror movie is to turn the sound way down. (I'm a >>>🐔.) I bet it would be so fun to see them in action!

  • @Rebikbok
    @Rebikbok 7 років тому +44

    this is actually so cool to see! movies are often so much larger than life. i think often they are a bit removed from reality but that's what makes them so interesting to watch and tbh, if foley didn't exist, movies would not be as entrancing as they are

  • @irina1296
    @irina1296 5 років тому +12

    Now I respect these people even more. They must think about every single detail. It's such a hard work

  • @fedelxx4333
    @fedelxx4333 4 роки тому +4

    seeing whiplash in there made me so happy and I don't know why

  • @emilyguerrero5701
    @emilyguerrero5701 7 років тому +197

    This movie got me messed up. ALL sounds are recorded and dubbed over?? Even the footsteps?? That's insane.

    • @TorrellesEdit
      @TorrellesEdit 7 років тому +47

      That's how the different regions get a clean Music&Effects track to dub voices over. Otherwise, they'd have to digitally remove the stage voices, or record 2 takes, or act without talking and then dub themselves... It's a massive amount of work, but it makes the internationalisation of the film much cheaper.

    • @dxthakid4727
      @dxthakid4727 7 років тому +4

      Emily Schnepp it really depends, not ALL movies use foley artists to create sound they just use the live thing

    • @quinnls
      @quinnls 6 років тому +6

      Emily Schnepp not ALL sounds are recorded by foley actors, though what's interesting is that sometimes they'll overdub the actual dialogue if the original recording is bad somehow

    • @VendettaProduction01
      @VendettaProduction01 6 років тому +5

      Leave a like for no reason Please no. All mid to high budget movies use foley, the only one that doesn't are low budget films. Foley artist myself. So..

    • @VendettaProduction01
      @VendettaProduction01 6 років тому +1

      Emily Schnepp lol. Foot steps aren't to bad. I hate clothing the most. Seriously making clothing movement sucks. Lol

  • @janekim5137
    @janekim5137 7 років тому +10

    I first discovered sound effects when I watched a korean drama (Another Miss Oh). Tbh, I was really in awe. This people worked really hard and only a few knew their art. Hats off to these passionate workers. *clap clap*

  • @gabdongipark
    @gabdongipark 7 років тому +54

    I really want to do this job, it's so interestimg

  • @Cocoaben
    @Cocoaben 7 років тому +121

    i NEVEr thought the make original sounds like that. i always thought the live (not sound fx) sounds were just enhanced

    • @NiaMSnow
      @NiaMSnow 6 років тому +1

      Cocoaben SAME HERE!!!!

    • @madnessbydesign1415
      @madnessbydesign1415 5 років тому +12

      Typically, the sounds recorded live are not usable. Wind, traffic, birds, building noise, air conditioners, it's almost impossible to get good audio even on a set. If there's a wind machine blowing, that's all a mic will pick up. Foley just gives you greater control over all those elements. Plus, it's fun!

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin 3 роки тому

      @@madnessbydesign1415 But many things in movies sound stupid because of that. Don't get me wrong, It's nice job and I really like what they are doing, but for example that sword sounds are completely wrong and it's standard sword sound for all today movies becuase someone just did such sound 100 years ago and people are used to that is how sword should sound. I think they should be more courageous to change something and don't do it like in all movies before. I really wish there will be one day one movie with realistic sword or gun sounds. Other sounds are really well done, but swords and guns are mostly terrible. But I understand that foley actors are just doing what they want from them, it's definitely not their fault.

  • @nikkocy
    @nikkocy 7 років тому +10

    this is acting. pure art.

  • @ahmtTyln
    @ahmtTyln 4 роки тому +7

    this is literally the coolest job ever. this is so much fun.

  • @TorrellesEdit
    @TorrellesEdit 7 років тому +15

    This is marvellous. Thanks for letting us get inside this practically unknown world!

  • @miguelpereira9859
    @miguelpereira9859 6 років тому +2

    The Sound Designers / Foley Artists allways seem to me like the coolest guys

  • @stargirl7646
    @stargirl7646 6 років тому +10

    I’ve always been fascinated by this - thanks for the glimpse into their lives! I’ve had a chance to do a bit of this in a community theater radio show and it was a lot of fun. :D

  • @udaui
    @udaui 7 років тому +7

    respect for the wonderful things done by these artists.Hats off..Love the ending.

  • @witreks
    @witreks 8 років тому +4

    Thanks for the great job! I never thought event those small immersive sounds were made by you guys

  • @thatenbyartist517
    @thatenbyartist517 8 місяців тому

    The job foley artists do is absolutely amazing!

  • @ashjem
    @ashjem 7 років тому +6

    Such an important and fun job, yet so underrated!

  • @mayaamis
    @mayaamis 4 роки тому +2

    when you think about the level of talent that goes into a movie and hundreds of departmens and people like this that work on it, too many to even count, and they all go unnamed, and than few actors get all the credit and fame. it's insane...

  • @madnessbydesign1415
    @madnessbydesign1415 5 років тому +3

    I was lucky enough to do some Foley on a small film. Best Job Ever...

  • @FutureStudiosFilms
    @FutureStudiosFilms 7 років тому +15

    Wow. I love film. I'm never gonna stop making videos :)

  • @Daijakake
    @Daijakake 4 роки тому +2

    That guy’s arms are HUGE!

  • @levicowan2650
    @levicowan2650 8 років тому +2

    Sound is very important for a movie, great video

  • @Giovannix51
    @Giovannix51 6 років тому +1

    they love their job

  • @aLgProduction
    @aLgProduction 7 років тому +29

    wow...... so interesting...... wow... this is great...

  • @dan-gy4vu
    @dan-gy4vu 7 років тому +60

    i wonder if they do asmr for dem extra money from youtube.

  • @ZetHololo
    @ZetHololo 7 років тому +78

    love these videos, but always hate the bakground music

    • @richbroad4016
      @richbroad4016 7 років тому +13

      Nickolas Barmenkov I was going to say that too. What they're saying is interesting, and there's no need for that bed of background music.

  • @farahin28
    @farahin28 7 років тому +1

    Amazing job

  • @aripcage3077
    @aripcage3077 7 років тому +1

    this is amazing

  • @trallicus3758
    @trallicus3758 7 років тому +1

    This is a goldmine for an SNL skit.

    • @dawnlunsford7690
      @dawnlunsford7690 5 років тому

      Ben Stiller did a hilarious skit making fun of Foley Artists (my job) for an MTV Movie Awards show a while back. I still cry from laughter just thinking about it~

  • @AriaRedux
    @AriaRedux 6 років тому +1

    Superb video! Fascinating and inspiring!

  • @Microfaun
    @Microfaun 2 роки тому +2

    Question: Why do you have to time something like a single slap so perfectly if you can just line up the audio with the video in editing?
    Thanks!

    • @TheRhalf
      @TheRhalf 3 місяці тому

      Less work if they time most stuff right I guess, it might also make the process more fun

  • @aartsindia
    @aartsindia 5 років тому

    Thanking you for greatest tutorials

  • @diabl2master
    @diabl2master 7 років тому +1

    Seems like a fun and very skilled job.

  • @codelucky
    @codelucky 5 років тому +1

    These guys are the superheroes.

  • @eniigmv
    @eniigmv 6 років тому +1

    This is fascinating

  • @tigereyes1559
    @tigereyes1559 5 років тому

    Wow👏👏 massive respect to all of them

  • @VFXCommander
    @VFXCommander 7 років тому +1

    Extraordinary!

  • @abhilashm7977
    @abhilashm7977 3 роки тому

    Love the work

  • @89surferboi
    @89surferboi 5 років тому

    The most amazing thing ive ever seen!!!!

  • @nikhilsharma4716
    @nikhilsharma4716 7 років тому +1

    An awesome Demo by the artists that enhance the movies...

  • @matiasmannelli5722
    @matiasmannelli5722 3 роки тому

    AMAZING JOB
    LOVED

  • @MjuMeli
    @MjuMeli 2 роки тому

    I feel like Foley artist could appreciate a dirty storage unit full of old broken stuff and appreciate it in a way not many others could

  • @Namster05
    @Namster05 7 років тому +3

    Wow, never thought that foley is still used in big projects.
    6:31 actually I was sure that filmmakers just use sounds from digital library.
    Great job, you have to be super creative there and these guys totally fit

    • @diymusicbiz
      @diymusicbiz 7 років тому

      Namster05 it's a combination of both depending on what's needed

  • @TheIgnitedRed
    @TheIgnitedRed 8 років тому +1

    very nice! never thought of it!

  • @011mph
    @011mph 7 років тому +1

    this is so awesome

  • @hataeminseok3838
    @hataeminseok3838 6 років тому +1

    this is so impressive oh my god!!!

  • @jobmarket848
    @jobmarket848 4 роки тому

    Great work

  • @mdevowish
    @mdevowish 7 років тому +1

    Fascinating!!

  • @sakanibluu
    @sakanibluu 2 роки тому

    "What do you do for a living?"
    "I make noise."

  • @markjmmaquiraya1515
    @markjmmaquiraya1515 4 роки тому +1

    That's awesome!! I've been watching a lit of movies..i thought its just their natural sounds.👏👏👏

  • @harshalgawand5992
    @harshalgawand5992 7 років тому +1

    Really thank you

  • @annajazz4136
    @annajazz4136 7 років тому +2

    this is awesome!!!!:)

  • @AQuantumCraig
    @AQuantumCraig 8 років тому +1

    super awesome!

  • @ParisHolmesFilms
    @ParisHolmesFilms 6 років тому +1

    amazing

  • @theAlbertinator1
    @theAlbertinator1 3 роки тому +1

    6:47 You wanna show them how we do kisses...? Okay.
    Me: They had us in the first half not gonna lie

  • @Rodoadrenalina
    @Rodoadrenalina 7 років тому +420

    And that's why movies cost Millions

    • @logan2669
      @logan2669 6 років тому +42

      I'm sure the million dollar contracts for big actors or the giant sets or the sometimes groundbreaking CGI has nothing to do with that.

    • @NiaMSnow
      @NiaMSnow 6 років тому

      Tomas Tur makes sense

    • @southerncritic9090
      @southerncritic9090 6 років тому +4

      Tomas Tur Yeah right. There is no art in movies anymore. It's all just CGI and computerized sound effects.

    • @KlyzmTheFirst
      @KlyzmTheFirst 6 років тому +1

      Puro South that’s not true.. how about moonlight?

    • @dawnlunsford7690
      @dawnlunsford7690 5 років тому +8

      This video shows that there IS still art in movie making. Foley is done by hand, not computerized sound effects.

  • @BadWebDiver
    @BadWebDiver 6 років тому +9

    The only film I remember where the foley really stuck out as bad was the footsteps in the movie The Sting. It's a all-time classic film, but some of the footsteps sounds are w-a-a-y-y-y-y overdone! (Well that and the shark roar in Jaws 4!)
    Guess it's true, the times you notice foley is when it's bad. If it's done right, most viewers won't even realize it's there.

  • @Mattiac1980
    @Mattiac1980 7 років тому +1

    Most impressive!

  • @MrOneNye
    @MrOneNye 7 років тому +1

    this is an amazing world. love it 😍

  • @sumbuddy63
    @sumbuddy63 3 роки тому

    I like how hard they try to convince us what a hard, stressful job this is.

  • @iks4442
    @iks4442 7 років тому +1

    great job :)

  • @kennyanderson4544
    @kennyanderson4544 7 років тому +1

    Recognized all these movies, I especially love Whiplash.

  • @AVIVAFilms
    @AVIVAFilms 7 років тому +1

    AMAZING yes !

  • @wcarcass
    @wcarcass 7 років тому +1

    Awesome!!!

  • @Ed-Mace
    @Ed-Mace 6 років тому +1

    Spectacular.

  • @TallCecil77
    @TallCecil77 4 роки тому +1

    Im looking for that classic body hitting the floor or ground sound that used to be used in a lot of old movies and cartoons. It sounded kind of like this... Pkk ah bbtttt.

  • @soumyajitdas1647
    @soumyajitdas1647 11 місяців тому

    I had no idea all such sound effects are put together in the post-production stage.

  • @mmka5434
    @mmka5434 2 роки тому

    Such an interesting job.

  • @desireandfire
    @desireandfire 6 років тому +2

    Dang that one guys really buff

  • @na_films
    @na_films 6 років тому +1

    Superb...

  • @radiobrain94
    @radiobrain94 5 років тому

    fucking amazing stuff guys. thank you so much for sharing your process

  • @JetSetDex
    @JetSetDex 7 років тому +52

    How do you get into foley and sound design?

    • @dawnlunsford7690
      @dawnlunsford7690 5 років тому +5

      We learn by apprenticeship. Think of how a glass blower learns. Someone takes under their wings, a raw talent, someone committed to learning the craft, and teaches them.

    • @johnmellor932
      @johnmellor932 5 років тому +6

      My advice is to first become a well rounded audio engineer with a passion for post. Agree with others but apprenticeships are highly competative. Even working for free is competative because people looking to enter the industry are competeing to build an impressive portfolio that doesn't consist of just student work. Believe me I've been at it for 6 years as a freelancer and only just started charging clients when I'm lucky to actually get hired, and I studied sound engineering for 10 years before that!

    • @8DeaD7
      @8DeaD7 5 років тому

      Do you do that for a living? Or have another job? It seems Foley Artits only are a few who can live of it. A few experienced ones, with high cost equipment and an experienced foley mixer. You can do it all, but not sure if the time and investment is worth it @@johnmellor932

    • @johnmellor932
      @johnmellor932 5 років тому +7

      @@8DeaD7 No, I have a day job, but I do it as much as I can. I won an Award for sound editing a few months back at an Awards festival in Atlanta Georgia. Not bad for an English Northerner from a town no one's ever heard of. Which keeps me enthused. I don't just do Foley though, you have to become skilled at everything when you are independant, because you're asked to cover all bases on a project. Dialogue edit, Foley, atmos tracks, sound design, mixing. It takes dogged determination and passion. My love of film is what keeps me from throwing ths towel in. But I love it. The dream is to do it for a living but its hard to get into. Sound editors are like Freemasons you have to be invited to be one of them. There's AMPS and MPSE, to be a member of either union requires you to be invited by 4 full members. I've never tried tbh. But like anything one just needs that one lucky break, someone to give you a chance.

  • @lahiruvn
    @lahiruvn 2 роки тому

    Love this

  • @BlingBlingTheBSOFTHEISS
    @BlingBlingTheBSOFTHEISS 4 роки тому

    Awesome job, Foley artists do not get near enough credit.

  • @1000mg.
    @1000mg. 4 роки тому

    I wouldn't want to watch a movie without these effects.

  • @strangerthings5707
    @strangerthings5707 3 роки тому +1

    Wow that’s such a cool job I wanna be a foley artist when I grow up

  • @tendo.s6582
    @tendo.s6582 6 років тому

    Wow i never knew how much effort they put into making a movie

  • @KadinSchultz
    @KadinSchultz 6 років тому +1

    Unintentional ASMR

  • @steelbarber
    @steelbarber 4 роки тому +7

    This just makes me think how silly it is to have the actor famous simply because he's on camera. There's so much other talent off-camera that no one talks about and it's insane.

  • @NiaMSnow
    @NiaMSnow 6 років тому +3

    wow I always thought the actors were making the noises when they walk but no it's other people lmao

  • @davidcamarda8723
    @davidcamarda8723 4 роки тому

    Would love to hang with these artists for a production. Just to see it. Amazing.

  • @reko6262
    @reko6262 7 років тому +1

    the effects make the movie more dramatic😊 even cooler

  • @sanjeevaraomanchala4299
    @sanjeevaraomanchala4299 5 років тому

    Hard work really !

  • @nymphicide
    @nymphicide 7 років тому +134

    oh geez, just think about the sex scenes in movies @_@

    • @megthecat2166
      @megthecat2166 7 років тому +1

      tragicramen uh

    • @OckhamAsylum
      @OckhamAsylum 7 років тому +47

      That's when you bring in the two people having a workplace relationship and tell them that they're being paid to fuck in front of a mic for millions to here. Then you give them 15 minutes alone and let movie magic happen.

    • @Olivierstreet
      @Olivierstreet 7 років тому +11

      I only hope they don't do this for porn

    • @NiaMSnow
      @NiaMSnow 6 років тому +8

      OckhamAsylum they aren't alone the mixer will be in the room too lol

    • @j03Biz
      @j03Biz 6 років тому +31

      I wouldnt be surprised if it is like the booty clap sound, it turns out it is a guy slapping his hand on a raw turkey or something like that.

  • @aurelia27720
    @aurelia27720 Рік тому

    This is really interesting I didn’t know this was how it happened

  • @bighead240sx
    @bighead240sx 6 років тому +1

    This is a cool !!!

  • @AmukimProduction
    @AmukimProduction 7 років тому +1

    superbbb

  • @jonny-b4954
    @jonny-b4954 2 роки тому +1

    6:25 God, I'd kill for a job like that. Where before you know it the day is already over and you had a blast. A creative challenge testing your trade skill. I'm self employed... makes me really want to take my family's business in a new direction.

  • @MediaPluz
    @MediaPluz 5 років тому

    Great informatic video...thanks to creator.

  • @theoliviaarchives4794
    @theoliviaarchives4794 2 роки тому

    This is so cool. How huge is the sound library for the sounds you reuse?

  • @lustantinoanimations5699
    @lustantinoanimations5699 3 роки тому

    Foley is fun. Definitely not from experience, but from an audience perspective.

  • @Smg43-Lover
    @Smg43-Lover 6 років тому +1

    well job can be fun

  • @jadziachapman-lowe6703
    @jadziachapman-lowe6703 4 роки тому +1

    This would wreck watching movies for me if I was them.

    • @djweaverdev2961
      @djweaverdev2961 3 роки тому

      Your average joe that likes a movie generally can't explain why they like it. Its just "cool" to them. This same concept applies to pretty much every artistic medium. But if you've taken the dive down the rabbit hole of how it was produced, then you know for sure why you like it (or hate it). For me it doesn't make me appreciate it any less or more. It just gives me the awareness of why I felt one way or the other. Instead of thinking "that movie was cool" or "that song was awesome", you think to yourself "the way those spurs rang out in that scene where the protaganist approaches the doorway was really ominous an foreboding and I like that" or "the way that timpani roll leads into the bridge was very unique and unexpected" or "the pacing of the dialog here is really chaotic and gives you a sense of the panic the characters must be feeling".
      To your friends you'll probably seem like a snob, but the reality is that you have acquired a real sense of taste beyond the superficial. This will happen one way or another as you get older whether you like it or not. As you get older you notice things more... you become more aware, and the more this happens you become attached to specific things. Its a blessing and a curse. I really wish I could watch marvel movies with the youthful fascination I once had as a child. Now I just think they are shallow reproductions of common tropes I've seen a million times. But hearing that church organ in Hans Zimmers soundtrack to Interstellar blew my mind in ways I'd never have understood as a child.

  • @shgul_corp
    @shgul_corp 7 років тому +1

    cool man