Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects
Preparation of materials
A course by Manuel José Gordillo , Composer and Sound Designer
Joined March 2022
About the video: Preparation of materials
Overview
“Before recording you need to get the materials. Some you will already have and others you will have to look for them in different places. Let's see how to prepare them.”
In this video lesson Manuel José Gordillo addresses the topic: Preparation of materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects. Learn to tune in to the sounds of your environment and enrich your audiovisual storytelling with Foley.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparation of materials To engrave the foley, you must have the materials organized and selected. Join me to see what some of these are. To record we are going to use a shotgun microphone. This type of microphone is used during filming to capture the dialogues. It is important to capture a sound similar to what was captured during filming for a better mix. We are going to connect this microphone with an XLR cable, which is the type of professional cable that we use in sound. The cable will be connected to one of the inputs of an audio interface. This audio interface will allow you convert ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects
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Audio, Sound Design

Manuel José Gordillo
A course by Manuel José Gordillo
Manuel José Gordillo is a composer and sound designer for film and media at La Tina Sonido, a company he cofounded in 2010, based in Bogotá, Colombia. He is also the cofounder and board member of MuCine, Asociación Colombiana de Compositores de Música para Cine, with whom he has collaborated on multiple projects.
Throughout his career, he's worked in every step of the sound post-production process for film, holding positions as a sound supervisor, an FX, direct, and ambient sound editor, a Foley artist, and a mixing engineer. He currently devotes his time to composing original music for feature-length films in a variety of genres, from dramas to thrillers and horror movies. With his company, La Tina, he's done sound and music post-production work for projects at both a local and international level, as well as platforms such Netflix, HBO, and Amazon Prime.
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