Posts Tagged ‘foley’
Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies
Skip Lievsay is one of the most talented men in Hollywood. He has created audioscapes for Martin Scorsese and is the only sound man the Coen brothers go to. But the key to this work is more than clever effects, it is understanding the human mind. Skip Lievsay, an unassuming-looking guy in his mid-60s with…
Read MoreFoley Artists: Heard Any Good Films Lately?
From footsteps on snow to beheadings, a Foley artist can recreate any sound. Meet Hollywood’s not-so-silent stars. It may have passed you by, but the packaging for cornflour is changing – and, in one tiny part of the British film industry, it has created panic. Foley artists are responsible for beefing up a film’s background…
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