NewsTalk 1280 WGBF » foley artist http://newstalk1280.com Sat, 25 May 2013 15:05:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 See How a Foley Artist Creates Movie Sound Effects [VIDEO] http://newstalk1280.com/see-how-a-foley-artist-creates-movie-sound-effects-video/ http://newstalk1280.com/see-how-a-foley-artist-creates-movie-sound-effects-video/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:35:08 +0000 brad.bruner http://newstalk1280.com/?p=1154 When a Hollywood movie is shot, the microphones are only focused on picking up the dialogue. This means most of the background noise is lost, and it is up to an artist called a "Foley artist" to go back and recreate this background noise in post-production.

In this clip, Foley artist Gary Hecker, who got his start working on "The Empire Strikes Back," demonstrates the unexpected techniques a Foley artist will use to make movies sound right.

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