It was our third lesson and we have officially begun our journey as foley artists. Groups were reformed, and in our new groups, we practiced foley. My group - Josephine, Michelle and I, tried to simulate different sounds. We attempted to recreate the sound of rain hitting a tin roof by tapping on surfaces like the cover of the trash bin, tables, whiteboards, and door knobs, using either our fingers or push pins. Originally, we were going to try recreate the sound of running in high heels by attaching wood pieces to Michelle's shoes using blu-tack, however, the outcome was a bit different than expected and sounded more like a horse trotting. Ms. Zhu suggested to attach wooden pieces in the front of the bottom of the shoes as well for a more realistic effect.
 |
| Push Pins - Sound of Rain |
 |
| Wooden Pieces on Shoe Bottoms - Sound of Horse Trotting |
All the other groups produced impressive results. I remember the first group simulated the sound of sniper rifles by slapping a shoe against the ground and throwing coins. Another group achieved outstanding results as well - they recreated the sound of horse trotting using the volleyball net.
We then watched a video about the sound production of the animation Wall-E and I was once again amused at the foley artists' creativity and the massive amount of work involved. Afterwards, we searched for clips for our foley project and my group decided on using a silent film.
Today's activity and videos made me realise that there are so many items that can be used to create sound and I believe that the key to producing desirable sound is simply creativity.
No comments:
Post a Comment