From the wet squelch of an alien creature to the crisp tip-tapping of a dance scene, filmic aural experiences are created by foley artists. These audio masters use their imagination and technical know ...

As extensive surveillance by the government becomes more prevalent, citizens are starting to feel like Big Brother really is watching them. Bricolage Theater’s Midnight Radio series will present ...

In cinema, they say, the craft is at its best when it cannot be noticed. Weird, but makes sense. Essentially, filmmaking is ...

The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

Andrew Belletty, a senior lecturer in sound at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), reveals a few surprising things he has learned over a lifetime of working with sound. 1. Fruit ...

The Foley Artist is a whimsical look at the behind-the-scenes work of the people who create postproduction sound effects for film and other media. Named after movie sound-effects pioneer Jack Foley, ...

The salvage yard at M. Maselli & Sons, in Petaluma, California, is made up of six acres of angle irons, block pulleys, doorplates, digging tools, motors, fencing, tubing, reels, spools, and rusted ...

Most of us probably never notice the sound effects foley artists create for movies. They’re usually ambient sounds like footsteps, swishing cloth, or doors opening and closing, intended to fade into ...

We're all familiar with the sound of rain pattering on the roof. Without thinking much about it, we expect to hear applause at a theatre performance and a sizzling sound when we place bacon in a ...