The secrets to enhancing sounds effects in your films and media are likely sitting in your very own home, and they’re called Foley Artist Tricks.
How do I make SFX sounds? It all starts with the recording process, which can generally be broken down into two distinct categories.
Room acoustics are essential to capturing a good recording, it is important that your sound has sonic depth, width, and height. Spatial attributes such as these make all the difference between hi-fi and lo-fi recordings. Predictably, a typical room in an average sized home is going to be acoustically inferior to a larger room in a professional studio, designed with acoustics in mind.
There are plenty of tried-and-tested objects and techniques that foley artists have used for decades. What are examples of sound effects? Here are some foley sound effects ideas
- Thin sticks and rods produce excellent whoosh SFX
- Old chairs and stools are perfect for controlled creaking, or other sounds that can’t be made easily
- Heavy-duty staple guns can easily create gunshot sound effects
- Large, rolled-up phone books can double for for realistic body punches
- Twisting and snapping celery sticks makes for convincing bone breaks
- Hitting coconuts together is virtually indistinguishable to a horse walking, and will help you be inspired regarding how do you make a footstep sound effect
- Bacon rain: substituting the sound of frying bacon is (oddly enough) a great way to achieve pouring rain sounds
- How to make thunder sound effect? Waving a sheet of aluminium in front of the mic will produce thunder-like sounds and altering your movements will add realistic variation to the effect, answering the age-old question of how to make the sound of thunder
- A classic horror movie staple and (thankfully) one that does not require a stethoscope to replicate, is the heartbeat sound effect. Simply take a plastic trash can, flip it over, and push the bottom in and out. Adjust the rhythm according to your desired heartbeat speed