the art of foley for animation

[basshole]

I should have loopable "silence" from the voice recording sessions somewhere. Surely.

[Rhoel]

I should have loopable "silence" from the voice recording sessions somewhere. Surely.

Yes, but do your really need those? Will they match the office environment, urban city street, or quiet lakeside respite?

BTW - I started my TV career as a sound recordist with BBC, and part of my job was to haul out a Nagra 4.2 tape deck and gun mic, and go record ambient tracks. It often meant recording at night... less people noise. Used to get some very odd looks from people, especially security guards - got stopped by the Police one night - "Good evening sir, what exactly are you doing in this deserted industrial site at 23:00?"

Personally, it's probably better to have an ambient track of country birdsong, restaurant hub-hub or cityscape background atmos to "sell" the location. Even the noise of the wind can convey total isolation.

It's painting with sound. I used to go to SoundWorks in Cardiff, to work on M&E tracks - they could spend weeks on some tracks. building up a complex multi-track of effects; when its 'right' you don't notice it - heat-breaking for the sound department really, no-one says thanks.


Rhoel

[slowtiger]

The Nagra! I used it only once, on a feature film which was shot in places all over germany in 1985. I remember a certain shot where I was within frame, yet invisible to the camera because I lied in the pits of a ploughed field to record the actors. Or crammed in the foot room of a VW transporter ...

I still have a Sennheiser gun mic for outdoor recording. Next thing I plan to buy is this one: http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/.

[basshole]

I guess I should have clarified. . .the entire thing takes place inside a house, so all the voice recording sessions were for dialogue that takes place in said house, hence, the ambient noise will be house ambient noise.