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These sound engineers are responsible for re-creating sound effects like ringing doorbells, squeaky stairs and swishing clothing that help bring a Hollywood production to life. What a foley artist ...

Foley artist Ele Matelan in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, part of the 2016 installment of It Came From the Neo-Futurarium Credit: Evan Hanover Ele Matelan didn’t plan on making a career out of ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. What would a scary movie be without the ominous creak of floorboards? Sound effects—called Foley—add crucial value to any ...

Foley artists are sharing their sound-effects secrets on Insta. Blood splash? It’s a watermelon getting slashed. Punches? Someone hit a goat carcass. Listen up If you’ve spent any time on Instagram, ...

When sound effects are required in theatrical productions, shows can use recordings found on the internet. But back when radio was the primary entertainment source, Foley artists had to create every ...

Most video game studios, or at least the bigger ones, will have experience with Foley, a long-standing craft that revolves around creating cinematic sound effects using everyday objects. It’s nothing ...

Illustration by Juliette Toma for the Times. For a piece about foley artists. On in a series of stories about how to make it in Hollywood. (Illustration by Juliette Toma for the Times) Back when ...

Pam's Colecovision was her babysitter, from the age of 4 or 5, but the family only had one game. Over and over, hour after hour, she'd climb and jump through the three levels of Donkey Kong. But the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Matt Davies: Sometimes you have to make custom props for unique moments in films like this. [whooshing] Joe Avella: First thing I'd like for you to do is ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Tara Blume: Every Foley stage probably has a machete. I'm not sure that every Foley artist actually has a machete at their house... [laughs] Joe Avella: So, to ...