If you want to record in sync with picture playback, I’ve got a hack for that as well. Which brings me to my next point… Picture Playback and Recording Realistically all you need room for is yourself (cramped if necessary, as we suffer for our art), your recorder, your props, and if necessary a playback screen. If your closet doesn’t have a light, or the light is noisy, get yourself a headlamp.
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All of the hanging clothes in a typical closet provide tons of free sound absorption, and the doors provide isolation. So what space does the average home have that is isolated and pre-treated to be dead sounding? The answer is in your closet. In fancy studios, this is achieved with dampening measures padded walls, high end sound diffusers and traps. To keep your recordings free from room reflections (the sound bouncing off the walls) you want to record in as “dead” a space as possible. Of course, the quieter the better so try and avoid recording near shared walls, doors or windows. You’ve got your phone or your recorder, now it’s time to set up your recording space. Ultimately, I found that if I rubbed together layers of my wetsuit (acquired for surfing… this is Southern California after all), I got this super strange and unique sound! I was able to “perform” the wet suit to produce all kinds of different pitches.
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When I worked on a series that needed mutant mushroom movement, I scoured the house for “squeaky” sounding items. Body interactions like head or beard scratching Foliage movement like leaves shaking and brush movement Stressed materials like creaking wood, rubber stretching Source vocals for monsters, robots, aliens With pitching and processing, the right source materials can really let your creative brain fly.Īs a jumping off point, here are some great examples of what you can record at home: Remember that small recordings can become BIG builds. Of course, don’t limit yourself to props. After all, handling a cloth pass entirely with a library is a tedious task that could be accomplished in a fraction of the time with a live recording. This allows you to control the performance, tailoring to your exact needs. I find that small props (like writing with a pencil, bubble wrap, cardboard handling) are all best served with custom recordings. Put it to good use! Look around your home with your sound editor brain and start to think of things in a new way. We are humans, surrounded by junk we have collected. What are some examples of props easily recorded at home? That’s great sound design! Of course use libraries for the nuts and bolts of any project, but pick out a few special elements to record on your own, giving yourself a completely original palette to design from.
Shameless plug… this is a situation we remedy by including lots of options in our own original sound libraries at ).Īdditionally, keep in mind that anything you record is entirely unique to you and your project. Or maybe you find the perfect sound but are only given one or two options to work with. However vast, libraries can’t necessarily fill the exact needs of every project. Nowadays, sound libraries are an amazing tool at our disposal.
There was a time of course, where everything for a soundtrack was recorded. All from the comfort of your home, at little to no cost. Never fear! You can be your own foley team with incredible results.
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That said, not everyone has the money and access to a professional foley team.
If your project has the budget for custom foley, I would highly recommend taking advantage of skilled professionals to help bring this element of your soundtrack to life. The art of foley is an amazing magic trick that can really bring a production to life. WRITTEN BY JEFF SHIFFMAN, CO-OWNER OF BOOM BOX POST
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