Tom-Foley-Ery
As well as offering in-person services to assist your audio and visual productions, I also put out a fortnightly vlog series, Tom-Foley-Ery. This series demonstrates different types of ambience bed and field recordings, different methods to create certain foley sounds - without the benefit of stock sounds - , and recommended techniques that apply to both dialogue and sound recording.
Tom-Foley-Ery encourages people to apply the features and techniques I demonstrate in each episode, including certain techniques I have applied in helping past clientele* create their desired sounds. You can watch the most recent installments below as part of a training course; they will be replaced with every newly-released episode per fortnight. However, all of them can be viewed on my YouTube channel, beginning Monday August 17th.
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*TOM-FOLEY-ERY PROHIBITS GUEST APPEARANCES FROM CLIENTELE THAT BOOK A CONSULTATION/SESSION, AND ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS ARE NOTIFIED PRIVATELY EITHER IN PERSON OR BY EMAIL.
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Lesson 1 - Choosing and Completing Your Soundscape
Using the above cartoon short as an example, this video demonstrates how the sounds of unseen objects can be used to directly inform people about where the dog and his master exactly are, and how they can be changed or altered to manipulate the corresponding location.
Using the above cartoon short as an example, this video demonstrates how the sounds of unseen objects can be used to directly inform people about where the dog and his master exactly are, and how they can be changed or altered to manipulate the corresponding location.
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Lesson 2 - Changing the Sound Features
Now that we have create our own soundscape which reflects the cartoon’s visuals, the next step is to transport our audience to a completely different, yet equally distinctive location.
This is achieved by layering a completely different set of recorded sounds and ambience beds & details through your desired audio track laydown app, once they have been recorded.
See you creative you can get! You may even think about including sounds nobody might associate with a grassy area, but it could work.
Now that we have create our own soundscape which reflects the cartoon’s visuals, the next step is to transport our audience to a completely different, yet equally distinctive location.
This is achieved by layering a completely different set of recorded sounds and ambience beds & details through your desired audio track laydown app, once they have been recorded.
See you creative you can get! You may even think about including sounds nobody might associate with a grassy area, but it could work.
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FAQ’s and UPDATES:
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For the most professional results, I recommend you use Logic Pro X for your track processing and laydown software - particularly for automating volume and plugin data.
However, most sound experts have used ProTools for both uses, based on their experiences. If you find this the more comfortable option, you can mix and process tracks in Logic, then bounce them to be layed down in ProTools for a professional presentation.
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Don’t worry about older episodes being replaced by more recent ones. You’ll always have access to all of these demonstrations on the Tom Archer Sound Design YouTube page.
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Absolutely! All videos and resources are on-demand. Move through the modules whenever it fits your schedule.
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