How sound effects are made for TV with Feet First Foley
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Take an exclusive look behind the scenes at the foley recording process behind the award winning TV mini-series, The Night Manager! Barnaby Smyth from Feet First Sound, shows you how they recorded the footsteps, clothes movements, and more, for Episode 5 of The Night Manager.
Feet First Sound is made up of Foley Artist Barnaby Smyth, and Foley Engineer Keith Partridge, who's partnership has led to three Primetime Emmy Nominations and foley for a number of TV shows and movies including 'Tinker, Tailer Soldier Spy', 'Guerrilla', 'Broadchurch', 'Tin Star' and more.
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Okay, time to go watch the episode (again) and be completely blown away by all the tiny sounds.
The amount of work is remarcable
One scene done, 200 more..
i really appreciate his hard work, he look very exhausted doing it by himself going back and forth to the warehouse on every single shot. but the result are world class level. 👍🏻
I was really blown away by your footwork. I have a lot of trouble performing steps. The cloth and spot fx were kinda an ego boost after that, as I recognized many techniques that I use in my work at play here too. I should probably invest in some kind of baffles, cause I'm ALWAYS having room issues in my home studio when it comes to medium-loud foley work.
One thing I really wanted to know, though, is what Keith was actively doing while Barnaby was performing. Was he actually riding levels and EQ on the board to match perspective, for instance? Or did you do that mostly after the fact, in the mix, through the board? Realistically, I don't have a board or an engineer so that info won't be directly applicable, but it'd be nice to know :)
Yes Keith does alot of fader work, eq-ing, compression etc. He is a vital cog in the whole process. He just didn't like being filmed!!!
Glad you all seemed to like the film. I may do some more.
Thanks! Maybe convince Keith to let himself be filmed too lol ;)
I would do levels and EQ after. Doing it in real time leaves you with an audio file that would be extremely inaccurate. Just mimic what you can and do the syncing, levels, and EQ in post to make it perfect.
I totally in awe of this work. I always wanted to work in this field but never pursued it as a profession. Just out of curiosity, how did you get started?
@@lisagreenawalt4354 You need some sort of post secondary music education usually. Once you have that you can take a year of schooling in a specific field. This field would be Audio Post Production. You wouldn't only learn Foley, but all the areas of audio post. Re-recording, Sound design, ADR, Session management, and deliverable's. After that, interning at a post sound facility would usually be the way to go.
This is probably one of the most interesting videos I've seen on CZcams. So much work!!! The footsteps seem to be something difficult to do, as they are not regular. Brilliant work!
Thanks for the kind comments. yes indeed the footsteps are the single hardest element of good foley.
It's always a pleasure to watch others talk about their craft and watch them work. Great video.
Best Foley video on CZcams.
It's fascinating to see just how much work goes into something that's often completely overlooked by the viewer.
I've always found foley to be a very interesting area. Thanks for putting this up.
They call you guys Foley “Artists”, now I can see why!
I did a lot of audio for radio theatre/commercial audio and always dreamed of doing Foley work. So wonderful to hear the Foley Artist explain his work!
Wow! This just blew my mind. You guys do an incredible job! I’m so impressed and happy that I saw this :)
I just ran across this video again. Enjoyed it immensely. Thanks for doing this..
this guys a true artist. I love this stuff
Amazing! I'm shocked and blown away at the same time.
Incredible job there! Congratulations!
This was absolutely fascinating! Thanks for sharing! It was also a bit hilarious to see how you used the old pram! I don't think I will ever be able to watch this particular scene with the same "ears" again!
Brilliant insight - thanks for sharing this. You sound guys are a special breed and it's great for people to see all the hard work that goes into bringing a show to life.
Absolutely superb, a real insight into the production of sound. The level of detail is amazing
this is unbelievable
this is super cool! amazing when it was all put together very nice
This is one of the coolest things I have ever watched. How much work that is behind the scenes! So well performed and so real. Wow, just wow! I could do this for a job ez!
Awesome! Thank you for this video!
Amazing video Thank you for sharing! I've learned a lot!
thank you so much for this video, please keep going to make this, very interesting
A filmmaker told me you can have the best film on screen but if the sound is terrible your film means nothing. Get yourself a professional sound engineer
Wow, really so much work
Very cool, thanks!
Fantastic!
Man this is great! I've watched this a few times and I've always said that the recorded sounds/sound effects, etc. to movies/shows MAKES the MOVIE/SHOW! Really think about Avatar! Yes the visuals are great, but if any of the Foley work wasn't exceptional then it would suck! If the sound and everything that went into it, as there are many moving parts are not on point then it all falls apart! Just so crazy how many moving parts there are to these things! Imagine trying to mix it....mind blown on that right there! You'd need a warehouse of networked computers with a shit ton of PT HDX and UAD cards! I wouldn't want to be the cable guy in that studio! Used to frustrate the hell outta me when I had to do cable runs, or find a bad cable! I really wanna see some of the Pro Tools mixing work you guys did on this or another one! All the DEETS!
Thanks for the kind words. I didn’t mix the program. But I balance all the tracks when I deliver them to the mixer. I use clip gain rather than automation.
Interesting, the mixing console actually seems to be in the same room with the engineer wearing headphones. He better not eats any beans the day before then! :D Love the video, i record foley myself. Seems the sound designers found your cart too squeaky, it got replaced in the final mix. Greetings from Berlin!
Yes indeed, it was a demo of the process. Not all was in the final mix. I recommend an open plan setup. Speeds up the process. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks, that was fascinating.
I LIKE THIS JOB.
very interesting! want more) thanks!
You are very welcome! We will have another video from Barnaby at Feet First sometime in the future talking more about foley in general and its history etc.
awesome!
Wow! I had NO idea!!
Thank you very much for that.
fascinating!
He looks very exhausted.. Awesome work
2 kids do that!!!
WOW!
I am a beatboxer this is very interesting video. The editing is all wonderful , which I can do in the form of graphic arts From the UICA CHicago 1 north state street, it closed down and my finanicla aid was cut off . So I went back to Michigan and then , run these streets. Im just wondering , with my scion Tc 2011, if I'm driving it just for the phase of Foley?
Sorry I don’t understand your question.
So cool
The best sound is when he's adjusting the mic.
Brilliant
4:02 for anyone else wondering what these are I think RX is used for noise removal & TransMod is a transient processor
You are correct. We use RX denoise and declick alot. Transmod is used to soften the sharp transients in sounds, mostly feet.
I loved this series! susanne bier is the best. and tom's great too
I’m loving this video. My question is, I’m interested in becoming a Foley Artist (I live in Newcastle UK) and I’m studying BA Film Production at uni. How do I go into this line of work? Any tips at all?
Honestly such an amazing art, how do you get started in this field? Do you have to study or go to school for it??
I made tea and answered phones for a post house in Camden, London. Then became an assistant mixer then moved into foley. That was about 20 years ago now!
Anyone know of other videos of foley artists working?
Which gunshot microphone is he using?
great work! guys, what shotgun mic do you use?
They used a Sennheiser MKH60-1 for this video, but they have a selection of other mics as well.
We use a Sennheiser MKH 60, great mic for spot fx mainly but also some feet
What shot gun mic was used in the recording process?
We use a Sennheiser MKH 60
@@barnysmyth4 thank you for the response
Recording all Mono with a MKH 60 I guess :)
yes, although we do occasionally shoot stereo atmosphere tracks. We use a range of Sennheiser mics aswell as contact mics and dpa miniatures.
Why do you use shotgun mics instead of cardioids? I’d really like to know the reason behind that because it seems to be quite common for Foley recording, but I can’t make any sense of it yet.
Amazing video, thanks for sharing.
5:16 why is he recording on 3 channels?
Those other channels you see on the console meters are actually the returns from previously recorded elements coming back from Pro Tools, so it could be some of the ambience tracks or other parts of the foley track that have already been recorded. There is only one mic actually being recorded in this situation.
'The Kind of Job I've Always Wanted : /
Only one dislike?
I wonder how much they get paid.
LOADS!!!!
thought foley artists worked in their undies? pants/shirt create unwanted noise.
Eh, not all the time. For certain things, yeah, it MAY be necessary, but when you don't have a crapload of time, it can be more cost effective to, for instance, do footsteps with long pants on to create a bit of additional white noise, even though it's not in the "right" track. It can help glue the steps together.
Sorry but the sounds are unrealistic considering the invoirments, He is running on high grass and it still sounds like he is running und a running field :/
Did you watched till the end?
Yes I did
It wasn't high grass it was desert. I'll try and do better next time!! LOL!
Considering your spelling is totally realistic