As Hollywood is grappling with the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, Foley artists remain a key and deeply human part of the moviemaking process. Foley artists craft the everyday sound ...

Foley artist Ele Matelan in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, part of the 2016 installment of It Came From the Neo-Futurarium Credit: Evan Hanover Ele Matelan didn’t plan on making a career out of ...

These sound engineers are responsible for re-creating sound effects like ringing doorbells, squeaky stairs and swishing clothing that help bring a Hollywood production to life. What a foley artist ...

In cinema, they say, the craft is at its best when it cannot be noticed. Weird, but makes sense. Essentially, filmmaking is ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. What would a scary movie be without the ominous creak of floorboards? Sound effects—called Foley—add crucial value to any ...

We’ve got a new installment of one of our favorite segments today “Try My Job”. When you drive into Chicago off the Ohio feeder ramp, you’ll see a very un-assuming brick building right at Ohio and ...

What does decapitation sound like? How about a demon birth? Foley artists explain just how difficult it is to engineer the sounds of horror. Photo: Gabor Kotschy / A24 People often ask Foley artist ...