A few weeks ago, we completed work on our sound projects. We had to tell a story through only sound effects and auditory techniques. It had to be as detailed as possible and as realistic as possible. Only seven words could be used. At least four of the scenes must be foley and must be created with random objects.
Here is our outline:
Zachary G., Violette M., Joseph M.
Inside Taxi:
White noise (to show inside taxi)
car engine
Honking in the background
Background radio
Cars driving
Taxi stopping with a screech
Leaving Taxi:
Entry to club scene:
walking in heels on concrete
Loud chatter in background
City sounds (honking, cars driving, random yelling, slight ambulance sound)
Walking stops to louder chatter
“ID please” ***
Unzipping wallet, handing id ***
Velvet rope unbuckled
Walking heels on marble floor
Club music gets louder
Inside club:
club music
Sound of electricity of colorful lights
Champagne poured in glasses ***
Glasses cling (celebrate)
Chair pulled out at bar
People yelling, talking, cheering
DJ Sounds (vinyl scratch, dubstep, yelling)
Police shuts it down:
Police siren getting louder while music stops/gets softer
Hear laughter and cheering until they realize
Doors open abruptly
“Hands up” ***
People running, gasping
Glass crashing on floor
Thumps of falling
No music at end (Scene left with white noise, electricity buzzing, etc.)
- Me and Violette created ideas while Zachary was our main editor. He put together a great setup using Adobe. In the link below, you can see how drastically each sound was meticulously placed. There were some problems with importing vocal files, but we got it sorted out. The main source of error came from volume. Adjusting the volume of each file was very hard. Of course, placing the sound templates in the correct places was hard, but controlling the volume to see if it reflected the POV of the character (who the three of us wanted in the spotlight) was extra hard.
- Recording the foley sounds was fairly easy. We knew that money was a crucial part in the scene, as she needs to pay to her taxi driver. My group used actual cash. It sounded very realistic. Makes sense.
- Some additional foley sounds used were the sounds of heels walking inside and outdoors and a seatbelt buckle sound created by Violette. It seemed very funny to do the foley motions these practices, and we did not think it would work out so well. It was amazing. We think, the average consumer, wouldn't notice anything wrong.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16VZElXfU_yySCSNiq1XCaotLgcY05a7W
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QGU2BZoG4T7LzkWBx0bLn8W7pCjLTqSo
Final Project:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gJTMI5EY4SHah7Tr8D3wsv7pAMRCFI4G/view
