Music and Sound for Moving ImageWeek 2

Today we will

Identify several roles within the moving image industry relating to sound

Name several tools used for creating sound effects

Discuss the role of a Foley artist.

Job Roles with sound and music

Job Roles with sound and music Foley Artist Sound Technician Mix Engineer Composer Sound Designer Sound/Music Supervisor

This week – Foley Artists A Foley artist is someone who creates

sound effects for film, TV, Games or any other moving image product.

They usually create sounds by using any objects available to them such as Celery sticks, gravel, coconuts, etc.

They also often experiment and combine tools/objects to create sound effects.

Foley artists for filmBen Burtt Creates the sounds for Wall-E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSf8Er2gV_Q

The Importance of Foley Artists Are they needed? How important are they? What would film/TV/etc. be like without

them?

Foley artists for games. Batman Arkham City Foley Artists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPUpeHa7uE

Task Research objects that Foley artists

commonly use to create a sound effect.

Feedback What objects are commonly used?

You Could have had… Celery Sheet metal Gravel Leather Helmets Roller-skates Beans (in a tube) Cabbages

Plastic Bottles Rubber Bands Bells Balloons Chalk board

Task Open up Sony Vegas Find some still images Start to sequence them in Sony Vegas to

form a vague narrative Aim to have 1-2 minutes of images in total

AlternativelySketch a storyboard for a short film.