Foley work/structure

I wanted to keep the simplicity of the Foley folders
I wanted it to be easy to find sounds and the effects that sync with them
I will be building upon them more and more as the years go by and hopefully I will get to such a point where I will have improved my skills to such an extent that I can begin to rerecord these sounds and make sure they're the best quality.

Learning from the tests

the processes of the tests were entirely experimental and were only theorized to begin with. However with each test I learned from every individual take of each specific sound, where to place to mic, how far away from the action or how how close to get the best audio. I discovered that the imitation of sound can sometimes work better than actually getting the sound from that of the originator.
imitations are useful and only that but they are also sometimes a more realistic improvement to the effect of that sound.

I made a few mistakes with a few of the takes as well as taking more time and effort with some of the sounds and that is truly my bias unfortunately showing through toward some of the sound effects and what they can do however I believe that shows that I have the passion to do Foley sound and in addition that I can do it well enough to keep recreating the sound effect till the are of good enough standard top be in a film project.

Props are very useful but what is more useful is having members of crew to bounce ideas off of and help you create new sounds that you yourself wouldn't have thought of. Research is also a very big part of the process because of you don't know what makes the best imitation of a specific sound then you are shortchanging yourself and the production that you are working for, you need to have the best quality sound and effect to match the quality of the film.

filming sound test 2

I located and used a more noise secure area to record multitudes of noises and sounds that could have been used during the editing of Stevens film

I captured multiple ambiance locations yet found that some were unusable in the sense of interference. All round however the 2nd tests were an amazing account of sounds varying in intensity, length and volume.

With the second test I needed to learn from the previous test as well as from all of the research that was done so I gathered each individual piece of audio from the first testy and listened to each one and deduced how and why I personally messed up entirely.

With the second test afterwards I discovered that the room I had chosen was a much better fitting atmospheric space as well as a wider and much more ambient environment for recording so that was an instant improvement.

I also made sure that I had all of the sounds and props to make the specific sounds  so I was prepared and ready for any kind of tests that were going to happen. Steven also helped with the making of the sounds as some were also for his film, so each sound had to be no less than perfect.

I mainly focused on the contact sounds as I know that the contact of something hitting or contacting with another thing/person is very important and needs to be specific and accurate otherwise it will sound fake and take away from the intensity of the contact.

My favorite contact prop was the riding crop, it had so many versatile sounds and each was unique especially when it was whooshing through the air.

filming sound test 1

What I learned from the first test was that locations of recording sound was very important, a sound proof room is ideal and recommended. The issues I had with the first tests was that the sound was not sound proof and even though I could not hear and disturbances in the moment when listening back to them it was almost deafeningly obvious how much was unusable.

Not only are imitations sounds just as good as I thought they might have been,. they were a great improvement especially for trickier sounds to capture that would either require expensive equipment or are impossible to capture.

What i learned was that you can have as many tests as you like and can have as many re-shoots and takes but if sound does not pick up on the recording device then you cannot buy back that lost time, you can only learn from your mistakes and make sure the next time there are no mistakes

I captured the slice of meat so as to represent cutting or slicing either food or against a person

but it was ruined by the noise in the background, I couldn't hear it at the time but every smal;l detail is very important.