Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We take a closer look at the subtle ways horror movies use sound to make your mind play tricks on you. We visited Alchemy Post ...

"There's a huge difference between listening and hearing." If you're a movie geek or a filmmaker, you know that foley artists an an important part of the filmmaking process. These people work in ...

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 ...

On screen in “Poseidon,” the upcoming remake of the classic 1972 disaster movie about a capsized ocean liner, actor Kurt Russell jumps into the water and attempts to swim for his life. Off screen, ...

Where most artists who create movie sound labor at tasks that can appear fairly obscure and technical, Foley artists look like the ones who have all the fun. They’re clanking pipes, mixing… Where most ...

In 1927, the first talkie, called The Jazz Singer, swept the nation and revolutionized movies. Unfortunately, Universal Studios didn’t get the memo — they’d just completed Show Boat, which was to be a ...

In movies and television programs, sound effects born in everyday life such as footsteps and sounds are sometimes used by studio recorded separately. Especially craftsmen who produce various sound ...

Why does foley have a place in video games today? While I wouldn’t want to say that it has a place in all video games, certainly character-lead first and third-person games are greatly enhanced in ...

Following is a transcript of the video: [cymbals softly ringing] Narrator: Ah, the northern lights. Beautiful to see...and hear? [wind chimes gently ringing] The thing is, the northern lights don't ...