The use of Foley

Foley has been an important factor in the improvement in sound on a wide array of media since the 1930s. The art of foley recreates sound effects for television, film and many more using a range of different objects from shoes for enhanced sound of footsteps to glass plates to enhance the sound of broken glass. Foley produces a smoother more crisp sound to the production and is used in almost every movie that you have seen. The best forms of foley are the ones that go unnoticed by the audiences with the expert alignment to the original created sound. Foley helps to add back a controlled background layer of sound to produce a rich and realistic effect to productions.

Foley is the combination of three key sound elements which are:

- Moves
- Feet
- Specifics

Each of these elements is added in stages to the production and slowly creates a natural sounding scene with no dialogue or what's known as 'soundfx'. The props or accessories on set do not create the enhanced sounds acoustically that Foley can offer and adds an overall quality to the production, which is why it is widely used by the whole of the film industry especially. I believe that Foley is an extremely beneficial device in the improvement of the production of our title sequence 'Ultimatum' and my group shall be using this to improve overall sound quality and potentially improve the technical side to our production.