We had a foley workshop, during which we were given a silent film and were tasked with having to put sound on to it. In this workshop, we learnt it is common in film and animation to use everyday objects and voices to mimic the sounds that you would expect to hear on the film. Doing this cuts out excessive background noise and makes the sounds more intense and dramatic.
For the kettle whistling in the background, I simply used my voice and did a high pitch whistle. This actually worked surprisingly well, since I initially expected it to sound to human and not enough like a kettle. For the footsteps, I just used emphasised footsteps getting louder and quieter, depending how close or far away he was. For the cups and cutlery sounds, we used metal water bottles, mugs and metal cutlery. For the voice of the man I just used my own voice, but slightly deepened.
In hindsight, some of the sounds don’t sync in time with the video perfectly, some being too delayed and some being slightly early. However this was a first ever try and I think most of the parts worked well, and most of the objects we used did actually mimic the sounds that should have been there.
This workshop was a lot of fun and taught us how to be creative and experimental with the creation of sounds. It allowed us to understand the importance of sound in film. Both of these points I will consider in future animations that I make.
Sapphire's Animation yr2 