Talk:Foley (filmmaking)/Archives/2021

All done live??

This article seems to imply that all such sound effects are done live, by 'Foley artists' performing in a special studio full of sound-making props.

But I thought that while it was once done that way, now much of this is done by selecting the appropriate sound from a large library of digital sound recordings, and inserting that sound at the appropriate place in the film soundtrack. My impression is that the majority of sound effects are done that way now, and that actual Foley artists are needed only for special or unique sounds. If that is so, this article needs some adjustment. T bonham (talk) 04:53, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

In ultra-low-budget flicks maybe. But certainly not in anything serious. Sure, they're recorded individually for individual use and processing. And no doubt some stock sounds are used. But the specificity needed to get a natural-sounding result precludes relying on stock recordings. — tooki (talk) 00:04, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Concur with tooki. Sound editors generally rely on production sound, ADR, and foley to create the vast majority of sounds heard in films, not stock sound effect libraries. The latter are considered to be audio clichés and are used nowadays only when they have become a running joke in their own right, such as the Wilhelm scream. --Coolcaesar (talk) 05:04, 12 January 2021 (UTC)