Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects
Other props
A course by Manuel José Gordillo , Composer and Sound Designer
Joined March 2022
About the video: Other props
Overview
“The recording process is always a lot of fun. I continue to work with different objects to generate more sounds.”
In this video lesson Manuel José Gordillo addresses the topic: Other props, 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
“Let's see how we can record other elements. Now we will continue with recording the phone. I really liked this take. i think it has very good intention and good synchronization. Observe that the movements I'm capturing seem somewhat exaggerated. Foley's goal is to emphasize and strengthen the actions depicted on screen for the audience. For this reason. even if an action appears quite subtle. it can often be advantageous to record the with greater exaggeration. Exaggerating the sound makes it more distinguishable during mixing among other sounds. To ensure clarity and versatility. i plan to...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Foley: Create and Record Sound Effects
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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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