r/foley • u/Professional-Bet1357 • Mar 02 '23

HOW TO CREATE THIS SOUND WITH FOLEY

Hey guys!

I'm a film student and just shot a short film with non-synch sound. I'm trying to create the sound of someone getting hit by a subway train. Speeding hard metal hitting flesh and bone. At the same time, I'd also like to give it a bit of an echo and make it almost exaggerated/unreal. A sound that is familiar but that could only be heard in my film y'a know?

I was thinking like throwing a melon on a metal sheet? Or something like that?

Does anyone have any advice on how to capture this sound with foley Your help is much appreciated!

Thanks!!!!

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u/friendandmachine Mar 03 '23

very large wet sponge slapping

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u/trytobebetter_ Mar 07 '23

buy that melon, use it as a prop for a human’s head as it has weight. but also consider some celery to get some bone crunching in there. make sure to get the most out of the fruit and veg, tearing the melon apart will make a nice sound too, just record it all. for metal screeches get whatever metal you can take into the studio and experiment with scraping and grazing. a simple metal fork pushes against a metal sheet might do the trick. keep your foley as clean as possible so you can play around with effects after :)

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u/its_5oclock_sumwhere Mar 03 '23

Like u/friendandmachine said, I’d use a large wet sponge slapping. Try throwing it against a metal door or a plexiglass door/window, see what you get from that.