– To use foley acting to help create a realistic soundscape within a film
I was able to recreate about 90% of the sound effects that are in the film by using foley, and by using foley I was able to isolate sounds that we wanted to keep but wanted to control, such as bags being put down, which aren’t necessarily important to the main film but would still be noticed if they were missing.
Also due to the research I feel like we were able to capture the foley in the way that we wanted, rather than just recording foley because it’s what’s expected, I now understand that the foley is recorded separately so we can have better creative control within the mixing stage, which makes a lot of sense, and helped to put me in a better mindset while recording the more mundane sounds.
Again, the media team were very happy with the mix of the whole film by the end of the mixing so I think we were able to successfully recreate the soundscape realistically.