Awesome, wwh! I learned a lot, particularly about Jack Foley and ways you can home brew sounds effects.

The Foley effects that are used today are taken to the max. They were used in "Moulin Rouge," which is fun to hear just to notice the sound effects--exaggerated, humorous, and a sonic feast for the ears.

Here's a little from the site you posted that some here may be interested in reading:

"Jack was truly adaptable in a period of change, a jack-of-all-trades and master of them all. "

He went to Public School No. 158. His classmates were James Cagney, Arthur Murray, and Bert Lahr.

During this period, Jack met Cary Grant, who was a stilt walker at Coney Island.

The movie "Spartacus" showed scenes of slaves walking in leg chains. The director was all set to return to Italy and restage the scene to capture the sound effects. Jack stepped in and did the whole sequence with footsteps and key chains.


Corn Starch in a leather pouch makes the sound of snow crunch

A pair of gloves sounds like bird wing flaps

An arrow or thin stick makes a great whoosh! [wwh: What was the name of that stick with the string you
mentioned a few weeks back?]

An old chair makes a controllable creaking sound..."

Anyway, thanks for the site.


Now, I hope still to learn what that effect of layering dialogue may be called...


A new Jack Foley fan,
WordWooed