Arlington Road

My task was to put silent clips taken from Arlington Road in what I believe was the correct order and edit. I had to include title sequences in the correct order.However, the main reason behind this task was to expand my knowledge on Foley sounds. Foley sound is done in post production; they are everyday sounds such as footsteps. Foley artists use foley studios to perform the sounds by walking, running, jogging, rubbing their clothing, handling props and breaking objects etc.The Foley sound I recorded and used was when the car was going towards the child’s direction.  I recorded a footstep sound however it did not follow the boy’s pace and that was my difficulty because it was not in time. I understand the importance of Foley sounds it is because it makes the image we see on the screen ‘come to life’; Foley sounds make it realistic and sets the mood. We may have a fist fight but the audience won’t be able to listen to the sound of a fist punch, which is why Foley sound exists. The term Foley is named in honour of Jack Foley. He is the one that established the technique that is still used  today.

Below, shows an example of what Foley artists do by me and how I tried to include a sound of footsteps on my remake of Arlington Road.

I did not include the footstep foley sound because it was difficult to match the footstep sound pace with the boys actual footsteps. I put music over that instead. 

This clip shows more understanding of the term.