Chapter 15
Sound effects
Sound effects can reach the console either from a studio microphone or from a replay machine. There are three main types: spot effects, ‘library’ recorded effects and actuality recorded effects.
Spot effects – also called manual effects, hand effects or foley – are those that are created live. In a radio or television studio they are generally produced at the same time as performers speak their lines. In a film sound studio they are created to match action on the screen. For the visual media, they are kept strictly off-camera.
‘Foley’, originally an American film term for synchronous spot effects, is named after a 1950s practitioner who bridged a gap during which the technique had gone out of fashion in Hollywood. ...
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