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Does anyone know?I saw some woman explaining it on the T.V but she didn't make much sense to me.

Does it involve coconuts?And giant clown shoes?

Im intrigued by the Best Boy

Why would they wear clowns shoes?

CollectToyManiac wrote:Im intrigued by the Best Boy

You might be disappointed

CollectToyManiac wrote:Why would they wear clowns shoes?

I read somewhere that everything had to be really exagerated and large,and that a special uniform had to be worn.And that fish were involved and a bucket full of paper.I might be getting mixed up with circuses though.

I thick you have got it wrong, i lifted this from Wikipedia

The Foley artist on a film crew is the person who creates many of the natural, everyday sound effects in a film, which are recorded during a session with a recording engineer. Before the session, a project will be "cued", with notes kept about what sounds need to be created during the foley session. Often, the project will have a sound supervisor who will dictate what sounds need to be covered in a foley session, and what needs to be created by special (audio) effects, which is generally left to the sound designer. The roles of Foley artists, sound designers, editors, and supervisors are highly specialized and are essential to producing a professional-sounding soundtrack that is suitable for distribution and exhibition.

Sound effects and foley are added during post-production to dialog and real effects which were picked up by microphones on set. Sometimes (especially in the case of cartoons) there is no additional sound, and all the sounds need to be added by the foley artist and sound designer. The Foley artist may also accent existing sounds to make them more effective; enhancing the sounds of a fistfight may require thumping watermelons or cracking bamboo. Many Foley artists take pride in devising their own sound effects apparati, often using simple, commonly-found materials. Some "making-of" featurettes show Foley artists at work.

The term "Foley artist" is named after Jack Foley, one of the earliest and best-known Hollywood practitioners of the art. Foley began his career in the film industry as a stand-in and screenwriter during the silent era, and later helped Universal make the transition from silent movies to "talkies".

Because Foley refers to a person, the term is usually capitalized. However, because it is a person's name and not the trademark of a machine or process, no ™ or ® symbol is used. The Universal Studios Hollywood theme park presented a demonstration in its "World of Cinemagic" feature.

Oh right!!Thanks for that.God it sounds deadly dull.I think i'd sooner be a Key Grip.

Cracking bamboo?I was always led to believe that cabbages were good for broken bones.You'll be telling me next that a shoe doesn't make a good hat.

Just lifted this from c5sound.com

Did you know that...

The sound of a smoldering cigarette is made by pressing a thumb into plain dirt?
The creepy background sound of Clarice Staling walking down the hallway to meet with Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs" was actually the sound of a lion’s den at the Bronx Zoo?
The sound of a dog walking on a hard surface is made with Lee Press-On- Nails glued onto gloves? The size of the dog determines which thickness of nails to use.
The Mammoth’s footsteps in the upcoming movie "Ice Age" was made by dropping a log into a pit of dirt, mud and stone?
In "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," the bamboo sticks used in fight scenes came from a sound editor’s backyard in New Jersey?
In Martin Scorsese’s "Bringing Out the Dead," an actual welder, torch and all, was brought in to record the sound of a welder cutting away a man who had been impaled on a balcony railing?
The chains used in "O’ Brother Where Art Thou" were liberated from a bar in Vermont by none- other- then Marko "Sticky Fingers" Constanzo?
The stabbing scenes in "Goodfellas" were made more realistic by using pieces of raw beef, pork and chicken and stabbing them with different knives? Clearly they did not buy the boneless meat because who can forget that sound of the blade hitting the bone?
The sound of footsteps crunching on snow is actually achieved by Kosher Sea Salt covered in cornstarch?
The sound of the dragonfly made memorable in the opening of "Men in Black" was made using a small plastic fan with gaphers tape stuck to the blades? The tape was made long enough so that when the fan was turned on, it brushed up against the Foley Artists’ fingers.

Does it make a difference to the sound if you use non Kosher sea salt?I suppose you could use dishwasher salt,but that might make the Foley artists eyes bleed.

It might make their eys bleed but at least their shoes would be clean.