Foley Sound

A couple of weeks ago we learned about Foley Sound and the importance of it in the film industry.

What is Foley Sound?

• Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. The best Foley sound is when the audience are unaware of the sound that has been pre recorded.
• It helps to create a sense of reality within a scene, without these crucial background noises, movies feel unnaturally quiet and uncomfortable.

To understand a bit more of Foley Sound we watch an extract from a film called Hunger. This was quite a dark and depressing film, especially the scene we were looking at. Hunger is about the Northern Island Republic prisoners who fought till their death, by hunger strikes. The main character was Bobby Sands who in this scene died from starvation. Foley sounds were very important in the scene we watched as there was minimal dialogue. This meant the audience realises on sound. Foley Sounds such as heavy breathing, birds calling, foot steps and doors closing were all of the sounds we heard in this extract to put more emphasis and Bobby's death.