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Sleight of Ear: Behind the scenes w/ Dallas Taylor

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Foley's Job Is to Be a Performative Art

Foley's job is to be a very performative art because if you just put in stock footsteps, even the way we walk can vary greatly. A lot of these sounds are really just trying to hit you in those places that are a kind of the primitive brain and make you feel like early responses tathey would naturally have. And so it is very much like a magic trick mixed with narrow science. Now, i argue that we've gone o far in the epic direction, especially with like, super hero movies and such. Even if we re wind a decade or two ago, remember when trailers were just like jack met julie in the coffee shop? There's a little b

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