Imagine you are watching a science fiction movie. In a scary scene, an
alien hatches from an egg. When it does, the sound is very realistic! How is this possible?
For this scene, a person tears a head of lettuce in half to make this
sound. And the person is a Foley artist — someone who
creates sound effects for movies. Foley artists often use creative methods to
make sounds. In a scene in which someone is punched in the face, the sound may
actually be made by punching a roasted chicken. And the sound of heavy rain
might be created by shaking a box full of dry beans.
Foley artists are needed because most movies are filmed on sets where
nothing is real. Walls are made of paper, and swords are made of plastic. Other
times, live sound isn’t recorded properly and needs to be
replaced. And of course, some movies require sounds that don’t
exist in the real world. In the Korean movie The Host, for example, the sound of the monster was a mix of the sounds of a lion,
a bear and a seal.
You might not always notice the work of Foley artists. But without them,
movies wouldn’t be complete for you to enjoy.
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