Foley Sound Artist

Unit 3:
Foley Sound Artist & Engineer
Computer Lab Technology STEM Project

Create and Record Real Life Foley Sounds
This is a two-week STEM Mini-Unit
For Ms. Miller’s Computer Lab
DUE Saturday, November 21, 2020* by 8:00PM
*I know my speaking says November 15 is the due date. I have extended it to the 21st.

Unit 3: Start Date November 9 to November 20.
DUE Saturday, November 21, 2020 by 8:00PM
Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving Break.

Overview of this unit: In this unit, Foley Sound Artist & Engineer, students are going to learn about recording Foley Sounds for movies, TV, and video projects. People really do make a really good living making and recording sounds.

End of Project Goal: The student will create and record Foley sounds and describe the process of improvement.

Assignment PDF

Foley Artists: How Movie Sound Effects Are Made

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TIMELINE of this PROJECT

Week 1

By the end of Week 1, I will have watched at least 4 videos found below. I will collect items or materials from around my home, I will try several ways of making the sound. Whatever I hear, I will imagine where that sound might be used in a movie. I can record my sounds and my commentary in FLIPGRID. If I have extra time, I will try to make additional sounds.

Week 2

By the end of Week 2, I will record the Foley sounds in Flipgrid and explained how I improved the Foley sound creating.

OPTION #1: record over a short video scene.
OPTION #2: Record up to 4 foley sounds.

FLIPGRID DUE November 15, 2020 by 8:00PM

Flipgrid Links

Grade 3: Link flipgrid.com/7f722dd9
Grade 4: Link https://flipgrid.com/419f76b5
Grade 5: Link https://flipgrid.com/60a525c7

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Safety Notice ---- BE SAFE

DO NOT break glass or china or ceramic plates
DO NOT hammer anything, hurt, pinch or punch any animal or person.
DO NOT put myself or my equipment (Chromebook) in a dangerous place or a place where damage may occur. Dangerous places include roads, streets, rooftops, stovetops, on on any wheeled things, etc.

BE SAFE!!

ASK

The student will find thing in your home that makes noises or sounds.
The student will create an imaginary scene for each sound (1 to 4).
The student will recording in FLIPGRID while making the sounds near your mic. Pause the recording and do a second run of your sounds, improving the production of the sound. Explain your sound's potential future use.
The student will use pause to set up your sound maker things. (video how to link)

SAFETY FIRST
NO GLASS or FLYING OBJECTS.
STAY out of the ROADS.

Making the Foley sound of walking (top). Foley sound table where many objects are kept to make live sounds. (bottom)

IMAGINE

Ask | Imagine | Plan-Research | Create | Test | Improve

Imagine the Scenario...
Imagine the sounds you hear in movies.
Imagine you work as a Sound Engineer at Eagle Animation Productions. The Writing Team has asked the Sound Team for some everyday, common, real-life sounds for your next TV episodes.
What could you use?
How would you make the sound?

Foley Sound Artist creating the thud sound you hear when people fall down.

PLAN & RESEARCH

Ask | Imagine | Plan-Research | Create | Test | Improve

Research - Definition of Foley Sound
Foley sounds is any sound made without a typical instrument or voice including signing and speech. Foley artists can use the human body and voice to make pops, whirls, whooshes, beat-box mouth sounds. A specific type of Foley sound is the onomatopoeia sounds that appear in comic strips and graphic novels in the "call-outs" like Zap! Pow! and Boing!. These are onomatopoeia words - which means the name of the sound is the sound.

Research - What are Foley Sound Artists?
Foley Sound Artists are a type of Sound Engineer. Foley Sound Artists record real-life, everyday, common sounds. These sounds make TV and videos more realistic. Sounds like doors shutting, books banging, drawers shutting, typing, writing, lights on, scraping, etc.

How do Foley Artists make Sounds to Record?
Foley Sound Artists scrape, hit, smash, roll, rub-together, bnd, or move everyday objects to make everyday sounds. Sometimes “TV sounds” are not as they seem.

Watch these videos Foley Artists at work.

How to Make Your Own Foley Sound

How 10 Different Movie Sounds Are Made | Movies Insider (A Compilation)

Onomatopoeia is one kind of Foley sound.

Jack Foley (1891 - 1967) Creator of Special Effects Sound Artist His methods are so famous, on a TV Set, the director just calls for the Foley Artist and everyone knows what that job is.

Foley sound artist creating walking sounds.

Foley Footstep Tips

CREATE & TEST

Ask | Imagine | Plan-Research | Create | Test | Improve

Create 1 to 4 Foley Sounds and Record Them
1. Pick some everyday common objects already in your home, to make sounds with.
2. Get enough things to make 1 to 4 Foley sound effects.
3. Open Flipgrid & record yourself making 1 to 4 different Foley sounds. After you make each sound, tell us what you used to make the sound and when you might use that sound in a video.
4. Your first run through the sound recording, discuss how you improved each try. What was your goal, and what did you evaluate and change on the second time you recorded your sound.

These two Foley Sound Artists have gathered a variety of objects to make the special effect sounds.

IMPROVE

Article:https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/video/discover/foley-sound-effects.html
Article: https://blog.mediamusicnow.co.uk/2019/03/12/what-is-foley/
Jack Donovan Foley - (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)

Improve by watching some of the videos below.
You will get lots of ideas for making your additional sounds.

Foley artist shows how sounds effects are made

How the Sounds From Your Favorite Movies Are Made | WIRED: John Rush at Skywalker Studios

Learning the Art of Sound Design Is Harder Than You Think at Skywalker Sound

Foley Sounds At Home: How to Make Sound Effects B&H Photo Video

The Magic of Making Sound (Warner Brothers)

Disney Sound Effects Master on 80's Letterman Show

How Horse Sounds Are Made For Movies | Movies Insider with Stefan Fraticelli

How To Make Your Own Foley + 41 FREE SOUND EFFECTS | Filmmaking Tips with Robbie from Shutterstock

How To Make Sound Effects For Games

How Sound Effects For Video Games Are Made

Advanced Videos

Master Class Level - Introduction to Foley and Sound Effects for Film

Master Class Level - How To Record Foley with Jody Thomas and Night of the Living Dead

Filmmaker IQ's John Hess talks about the history of all movie sounds including Foley. This is a middle or high school introduction to film and TV course. It is still good for elementary students, if you are interested in movie/TV/video game sounds.

Harry Potter Movie Foley Team
Inside the Pinewood Foley Studio | BAFTA Gurus

3 Foley Sounds - feet, cloth moves, and spot effects with props

Pete Burgis - Lead Foley Artist
Zoe Freed - Foley Artist,
Glen Gathard - Head of Audio,
Jemma Riley-Tolch - Foley & Edit Assistant

The Beautiful Lies of Sound Design |
by Tasos Fratzolas | TEDxAthens 2016

Theory of the Language of Sound where Ms. Fratzolas illustrates Foley, Sound Effects, Reverberation, hacks sound designers use like silence in a yin-yang way, ambiences-background sounds-room tones, sound as a character, dissonant sounds, on and off-screen sounds, Pythagoras's "acousmatic" sounds.,

"The Hunger Games" & "Frozen" Foley Artists Turn the Sound of Junk into Miracles | Art of Sound Ep.3

Holey Foley | Sound Design at Earth Touch

at "The Barn" with Alyson Moore - Foley Artist; John Sanacore - a Sound MIxer at The Barn
Teamwork is critical. Our job is to bring you into the film without you knowing it.

These are wildlife movie makers. They use Foley sound to "fix" sound problem with ambiance, proximity, time compression, and creative foley layers. Foley is different than Sound Effects.

Kahoot! Challenge! Review of Foley Sound Concepts

Kahoot! Challenge Link

Standards

Technology Standards

ISTE 3d. Knowledge Constructor. Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.
ISTE 4a. Innovative Designer. Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
ISTE 4b. Innovative Designer. Students select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.
ISTE 4c. Innovative Designer. Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.
ISTE 4d. Innovative Designer. Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.

Music Standards

ESGM3.CN.2.b Connect music to history and culture. b. Describe how sounds and music are used in daily lives
ESGM4.CN.2.b Connect music to history and culture. b. Discuss how sounds and music are used in daily lives.
ESGM5.CN.2.b Connect music to history and culture. b. Discuss how sounds and music are used in daily lives.

Student Examples

Raymond, 4th grade

steps, walking in the leaves, stick-breaking (sounds like breaking bones & sticks), metal on metal (industrial building and hammering), metal rake on a cement wall, chain, walking again, hand on wood (scraping sound), tap-tap-tap of corrugated pipe, ball/breathing, hopping (hammering a pole into the ground). This is amazing!!!