Foley Sound - Realism

For our main task this year we have decided to improve the sound by bringing in new methods and equipment to give the viewer the full experience. Like last year we will be using foley sound to give our production the edge with the match-on-action shots, however as the brief this year is allowing us to use copyrighted music we will really take advantange of this new found freedom and create a better more urban feel on the whole film.

Another difference about our production this year is the introduction of dialogue. There will be scenes where the characters are having a conversation and to make this really effective we are investing in a shotgun microphone to pick up the dialogue professionally. Shotgun microphone can make the difference of making short film amateur, to professional because simply recording the dialogue straight from the camera means that it will not sound good and background noise will be picked up as well. Also it will make doing foley sound a waste because having good foley sound and poor dialogue will be really noticeable to whoever watching it.


We will also be using sound editing techniques to make the viewer seem like they are actually there. For example I have taken a screen shot from our first scene where I am outside, previously in the scene a song is playing inside the house so when I go outside Dan has edited it so it for what it would sound like if you were outside where the character is to really add to the realism, this puts a whole new side of editing for this production.


We are really taking advantage of being able to use copyrighted music this year, we have chosen artists such as Cypress Hill, The XX, and Subscape. as we felt there styles really suit what we are doing well.

We have chosen these artists because they are popular within the type of audience that our short film will be aimed at. They seem to fit with the film really well with what we have done so far. I have put a link below the one of the songs we are using so you can get a feel for the atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYnjMLmVTLI