Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A technical process by which sounds are created or altered for use in a film, video, or other electronically produced work.
- noun A person who creates or alters sounds using this process.
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- noun uncountable ,(US) The creation of
sound effects , and their addition tofilm andTV images - noun countable ,(US) A
foley artist
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As well as sight, sound is also recreated in studios in so-called 'foley sessions' in which sound is added to a film.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Robert Mendick 2011
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She has served as an editor, foley editor (sound specialty), and consultant.
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July 19th, 2009 5: 21 pm ET shouldn't larry craig and mark foley be defending this guy?
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This squeaky cabinet door sounds so much like Chewbacca's plaintive wail that I'm left wondering if it isn't the source of the original foley effect.
Boing Boing 2009
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Then there are the beloved tricks of the foley trade: Celery stalks are often broken to re-create the sound of breaking bones, or a watermelon covered in crackers is whacked with a stick to simulate the sound of someone's brains being bashed in.
Movies: Ann Hornaday on use of sound effects in 'Secretariat' and other films Ann Hornaday 2010
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Thus, when two characters walk down a street, two foley artists on a soundstage are creating the click of their heels on the concrete; later, if they have a cup of tea, foley artists perform the "cup downs."
Movies: Ann Hornaday on use of sound effects in 'Secretariat' and other films Ann Hornaday 2010
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I make pear sauce (like applesauce) for my infant son using a foley food mill.
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Once a film has been shot, sound effects are either recorded, obtained from an effects library or provided by foley artists (named after sound-effects pioneer Jack Foley), who meticulously create sounds while watching the film to coordinate with what's happening on screen.
Movies: Ann Hornaday on use of sound effects in 'Secretariat' and other films Ann Hornaday 2010
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It reminds me of the featurette I saw years ago of the foley artists that worked on Star Wars.
The Sound Design of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | /Film 2010
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Was the foley artist on this picture Jonesy from the Police Academy movies?
oroboros commented on the word foley
The consummate craft of Foley. All those little and big sounds in the movie you're watching have to be recreated from a vast storehouse of typical junkdrawer, wardrobe and miscellaneous paraphernalia. Fascinating! It'll enhance your appreciation of the film industry.
March 2, 2011
reesetee commented on the word foley
At least it isn't a catheter.
March 26, 2011