FOLEY

BEHIND
GEORGE’S
MARVELLOUS
MEDICINE

By Alex Pausey
 What Is Foley?

Foley effects are sound effects added to

the film during post-production (after the
shooting stops).

They include sounds such as footsteps,

clothes rustling, crockery clinking, Foley Artists
paper folding, doors opening and Performing
slamming, punches hitting, glass
breaking, etc. etc.

What’s
happening
on-screen

Here in the scene In post, the Foley

someone is trying to artist will watch the
pick a lock (which scene back and act
obviously very quiet) all additional sound
effects
Examples of how I made the
sounds.

Waxwell Floor Polish

For the floor polish, I

squeezed some face
cream into a cup

then scooped it out

near the mic to get
the ‘scooping’ sound,
which is described in
the book

And finally threw it

down to the bottom
of the pan to get a
sloppy ‘plonking’
sound.
Flea Powder for dogs

For the flea powder

I simply poured
some flour into the
pan, next to the
microphone.

Canary Seed

For the canary

seed I poured
some oats into the
pan, I also took a
handful and let it
fall out into the
pan.
Shoe-Polish

For the shoe polish, I

poured some blackhead
remover into a cup

I then squeezed some

thick cream into the cup
and mixed this together

After I flicked the mixture

into the pan to get
another ‘sloppy’ slapping
sound.