Journal+4-Sound

Foot step noises are often overlooked, there are footstep sounds in almost every movie and yet not a lot people even notice when they are heard on screen. The Foley Grail addressed the issue of foot steps and why they are so important. Every pair of shoes make a unique sound, and the material that they step on also makes a different sound. After filming this Saturday for my group, I realized that the sounds Huggs made while he was walking with his hiking boots on the wet grass was very different from what we are usually used to hear. The book mentions that the best foot step noises are often created with the least expected items. I believe that I can use a rubber ducky toy to create the foot step on the wet grass. Another interesting thing that the Foley Grail mentioned about sound is that realism is often not a big issue, for example in any Bruce Lee film all the punch noises sounded very fake. We know in reality that punch noises do not sound like that, but when we watch it in films we are able to accept the fact that punch noises sounds like whatever the editor puts in. I believe that I will be able to use this tip very well in our films, for example when Huggs is tearing apart Hebert’s lemonade stand, I believe that I can use sounds that are much much louder and more dramatic then what we are used to hearing in real life. One of the biggest things that the Foley Grail address is that syncing the sound with the clip well is what separates great foley artists from good artists. Although this is a general comment but I believe that i will need to spend time to perfect this trade of art though out our film.