Editing our Thriller Title Sequence - Adding Foley Sounds

Foley sounds are non-diagetic sounds recorded separately from the diagesis. They are added onto the footage in post production (editing) after the filming has taken place. These sounds may include things such as footsteps, punching sounds, the sound of a closing door, a car crash or an explosion which add realism to the film. Foley sounds are created by a Foley artist to enhance and replace sounds that were recorded when filming as they may be insufficient due to background noises and other factors . The aim is to not allow the audience to discover that there are foley sounds present that were added in after filming. They are added in after for numerous reasons. Firstly, they allow the editor to have complete control over the sounds in the film. Secondly, the sounds may not be practical/easy to create when the event/action is being filmed so sometimes it is easier to record the sound after when all concentration can be focused on making just the sound, not the action and the sound at the same time. For example this is a photo of a film company recreating the sound of footsteps:

Our Foley Sounds

For our thriller title sequence we wanted to add foley sounds so it would create realism. We also wanted to record these sounds as they were not present or not good quality when filming. For example, I recorded sounds of the bag being scrunched into a ball, the sound of the bus depot worker struggling to breathe as he is being suffocated and the sound of the depot worker hitting the ground. I used my friends recording equipment to do this:

I then edited the sounds in "Garage Band" to simply split up the sounds, delete recordings that were no longer required and delete the gaps in between each foley sound (the silence):

These are just a couple of the sounds I recorded which will be added:

I then put them on my memory stick to bring them into school and import them into our editing program - Adobe Premiere Pro. I am happy how the foley sounds work with our film footage. The sounds are far higher in quality and are not distorted at all. I feel they help bring our thriller to life and help to create realism in the depot.

I wanted to include a sound of the bus engine starting at the very end of the title sequence. Firstly, I attempted to record the sound my mums car starting however it was clear that it is not the sound of a bus engine but simply the sound of an car. So after school I spontaneously recorded the sound of one of the school buses on my phone however the quality was inadequate therefore searched the internet for the sound of a bus engine starting instead of just a bus engine. We downloaded and imported the sound from the website Sounddogs.com: