Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects

Step recording

A course by Manuel José Gordillo , Composer and Sound Designer

Composer and Sound Designer. Medellín, Colombia.
Joined March 2022
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About the video: Step recording

Overview

“What should the footsteps of a given character sound like? What kind of shoes and surfaces should you have? Let's see it (or listen to it, rather!).”

In this video lesson Manuel José Gordillo addresses the topic: Step recording, 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

“Have you paid attention to how footsteps sound when people walk? Do you have any ideas on how to replicate this in a confined area? Let me know. Before recording. let's prepare the recording sessions. For this purpose. we will utilize the spotting session conducted earlier. Let's see. The first thing we will do is open our spotting session. and we will record it with this mode. Save copy in. let's make sure to copy all the audio files into the new session. And we will record this. How? Unit 4. Now. Let's open the session. We will create the recording channels. in this case. for this session...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects

  • Level: Beginner
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  • 18 lessons (3h 40m)
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Manuel José Gordillo

Manuel José Gordillo
A course by Manuel José Gordillo

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Composer and Sound Designer

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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Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects

A course by Manuel José Gordillo
Composer and Sound Designer. Medellín, Colombia.
Joined March 2022
  • 100% positive reviews (27)
  • 1,631 students