The Foley Grail

The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation
2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-13014-2
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Master classic and cutting-edge Foley techniques that will allow you to create rich, convincing sound for any medium, be it film, television, radio, podcasts, animation, or games.

In The Foley Grail, Second Edition award-winning Foley artist Vanessa Theme Ament teaches you how Foley is designed, crafted, and edited for any project, right down to the nuts and bolts of spotting, cueing, and performing sounds. Various renowned sound artists provide a treasure trove of shortcuts, hot tips, and other tricks of the trade.

This new edition features:

Entirely new chapters dedicated to Foley in games, television, broadcasting, and animation, as well as what is new in sound for media education
All new sound "recipes" that include proven Foley methods you can immediately use on your own projects
New case studies from well-known films, shows, games, and animations
Interviews with current sound artists from across the globe

An extensive companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/ament) featuring video demonstrations of Foley artists at work, video tutorials of specific Foley techniques, lectures from the author, and much more

Autoren/Hrsg.

Theme Ament, Vanessa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Installations-, Aktions-, Computer- und Videokunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Holy Foley: The Evolution of a Craft; Noise vs. Sound: Foley as it is Used in the Various Genrres and Styles of Film, Animation, and Games; Single or Married: Foley Used Independently or Combined with Sound Effects; Fire in the Hole: The Players and Their Responsibilities; Let's Go Ahead and Go Back: Spotting and Cueing; Scene Change: The Foley Stage, Mixing Booth, and Prop Room; Walking in Their Shoes: Performing the Footsteps; What we Use For.: Performing the Props; Hang It As a Unit: The Knack for Sync; Magic Wind: Unusual Foley Requests; Mix and Match: The Foley Mixer; I Miss Mag: Editing Foley; Fix it in Post: The Dub; The Ivory Tower: The Film School; Checkski: Final Thoughts of Experts; New chapter; New Chapter; New chapter

Über Autor(innen)

Vanessa Theme Ament is a professional Foley artist whose credits include Platoon, Clue, Predator, Die Hard, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Noises Off, Beauty and the Beast, and other movies in addition to a long list of television shows. Vanessa is also an accomplished singer/songerwriter, sound editor, and teacher. Currently completing a PhD at Georgia State University, her dissertation examines how the cultural geography of Hollywood, the San Francisco Bay Area, and New York has influenced the transition from analogue to digital sound.