Movie magic goes beyond visual special effects. Foley artists specialize in recreating sounds from the mundane (horses galloping) to the spectacular (explosions) for a movie’s soundtrack. Here are some of the methods they use:
- Birds in flight – flapping leather gloves
- Actors walking in crunching snow – squeezing a leather pouch filled with cornstarch
- A large crowd murmuring – a recording of several people saying “walla, walla, walla”
- Punches –thumping a watermelon
(Source: Discover Magazine)
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