Micro Essay on foleying

SoundWorks Collection: Gary Hecker - Veteran Foley Artist from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

We've been studying the effects of foleying and how effective it is when adding sound to a clip.
Foleying is useful because it draws the audiences attention more closely to diegetic sounds which consumers may not actually hear without the extra sounds being layered over the top of the film.
We watched the above clip which demonstrates how foleying is actually done and explains that when films are shot they concentrate on the production and dialogue, so foley artist's create sounds which may add tension or excitement to the film, foleying artists even go to the finest details of the horses breathe when it's running, as you can see in the above clip.
Foleying is an art form which not everyone can do, it takes an open mind to be a foley artist.