Foleys
What on earth are foleys?Put simply, foleys are the re-creation of the sounds made by humans and animals as they move.
They're named after a chap called Jack Foley who perceived that the live sound recorded for movies often needed jacking up. So he invented the "art of foley" which is the adding in, after filming, of sounds which for one reason or another were not adequately captured during the shoot itself.
For example:-- Footsteps, body movements or subtle sounds not picked up by a microphone placed to favour dialogue.
- A whole host of sounds lost along with original dialogue whenever this dialogue has to be re-recorded in the studio. This will happen when dubbing into another language, or whenever you have to employ ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement). ADR might be necessary, for instance, in your period television drama because an Airbus roared overhead during the filming of a sensitive 18th century love scene in the Manor House rose garden.
- The sounds made by animals in wildlife movies, where the telephoto lens picks up visuals of animals miles away, but where the audio is beyond the reach of even the best shotgun or rifle microphone.
We do foleys for
- Period TV drama
- Contemporary TV drama
- Wildlife documentaries
- Features
- Anything else where the sound needs "sweetening"
Examples of foley tracks we have recorded will be placed here as soon as we have permission from the producers concerned.