Name: The Magic of Making Sound | That's Amazing
Uploaded: 2018-01-22T09:52:16.000Z
Duration: 6 min 33 s
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- [Narrator] In Hollywood, everything is magic

- [Woman] Gloves with paper clips are dog paws.

and we can create any mood with that sound.

much of what you're hearing was created...

- [Woman] Weather is a really interesting thing to recreate.

- [Woman] It depends on the elements that we're using,

and how it's filmed, and what they wanna hear.

- [Narrator] Here at the Warner Brothers' lot,

but you would miss it if it wasn't there.

(cloth fluttering) - Foley is the art of sound.

It's creating sounds in sync with what's happening onscreen.

The art of Foley goes back to the old radio days,

"If I do those sounds in sync with the picture,

- [Narrator] Jack Foley's legacy in sound

began in the 1920s, as talkies swept Hollywood.

Ever since, the reproduction of sound effects

- The Foley stage consists of different surfaces.

- This is walking on leaves, or in a forest.

For snow, what we normally use is regular play sand.

sometimes you hear that familiar crunch...

Your ear hears snow; but in actuality, it's sand.

because everything here should make a sound.

Here's a classic squeaky hinge. (metal squeaks)

Pinecones can be used for cracking ice. (faint crackling)

- You have the three people that are on the stage,

the mixer and the two Foley artists, which--

It's important that you have a team that's cohesive.

- [Red Shirt] Y'know, somethin's cracking, popping.

Sometimes it takes a little trial and error

- We have a streamer that goes across the screen,

that tells us when that sound should start.

and I listen to them performing to the picture.

because I really don't wanna see what they're using.

- All sound is two elements hitting one another.

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