We think of sound effects as falling into 4 main categories: isolated sounds, specialty effects, foley sounds and background sounds.
Isolated Sounds
Isolated sounds include the sounds of everyday items like doorbells, car horns and telephone rings. These are the real and specific
sounds that you hear such as dogs barking, guns firing, doors slamming and car tires screeching during a car chase.
Specialty Effects
Specialty effects include sounds that are designed to be used for objects and places that exist only in our imaginations. You might
use special effects in cartoon, fantasy and science fiction productions. They would enhance the production by creating a special
sound for a space transporter, the magic of a genie's brass lamp, or for gigantic purple people eater cartoon animals.
Foley Sounds
Foley sounds are crucial for motion picture and television productions; sometimes the use of Foley sounds is called audio sound
replacement. The magic of Foley places footsteps into a film soundtrack – recreates the rattle of a coffee cup being put down on a
table – provides the realistic rustle of clothing and the ever popular punch in the face. These and many other sounds must be
dubbed during post production on the film's soundtrack in order to be heard by the audience. They are named after Jack Foley – a
pioneer in the sound replacement field.
Background Sounds
Background sounds, or ambience tracks, provide the basic environment for a production. These sounds provide all of the subtle
atmosphere that makes the film-goer or binge-watcher really feel like he is in a courtroom, a church, a train station, a thunderstorm
or a jungle.
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