Task Seven: Terminator 2 Foley Sounds

Terminator Two Scene

Foley sound means when a composer uses everyday sounds for film. For example using the sound of an electric toothbrush to represent a drill on screen. These sounds have best results when the source of the sound is unrecognisable to the viewer. Walter Murch, composer and sound designer uses foley sound in the majority of his works, compositions for films such as ‘On Rain People’ and ‘The Godfather Two’. http://filmsound.org/foley/murch-on-foley.htm.

For this task I have created and found these foley sound  and used them to represent the machines in this scene. In the scene I used:-

• Air Burst from a dental tool
• Bus Door Opening
• Ripping a paper bag
• a Bug Zapper
• A Door Slam shut
• A Printer
• An Electronic Toothbrush
• Hand Cuffs clicking closed
• Car Break
• A drill Starting up

I also added a atmospheric Abandoned Factory Sound for effect.

Here is my task for Terminator Two:-

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21489514/Terminator2finishd.mov

Here is the REDONE version of Terminator Two Scene. I have added in the other machines you cannot see on screen:-

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21489514/Terminator2redone.mov

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My objective for this task was to create foley sound to the given scene from Terminator Two. I wanted to highlight every movement the machines did and the terminators did. I did this by synching each sound in time to the visuals for a very real effect. I adopted Walter Murch’s foley sound approach and so I used around ten different recorded and found sounds to incorporate into my given scene. These sounds consisted of an Air Burst from a dentist tool, bus door opening, a bug zapper, a door slamming shut, a printer, an electric toothbrush, hand-cuffs clicking closed, a car break and a drill starting up. For this task I did not apply any new musical or audio techniques. This task is an example of practise as research in that I am creatively exploring foley sounds and learning how to incorporate them into my given scene for this task. This is evident as I have successfully used foley sounds to represent the different actions that are happening in the scene and have also put them in time with the visuals well. I would give myself a 2.1 for this task as It has met my criteria and I believe it’s a successful task.

References

W. Murch (2011), Walter Murch on DIY Foley, FilmSound.org. Webpage found at: http://filmsound.org/foley/murch-on-foley.htm. Last accessed on 24/03/2011.

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