Foleying Around
(2015)Live performance and foley; 15 minutes
A live, comedic sketch to highlight an oft-unseen part of filmmaking: foley, the reproduction of daily and environmental sound effects. Foley artists use ordinary things – keys, cling wrap, wet rags, celery sticks – to recreate a stunning array of sounds, and we wanted to bring the magic of that process to stage.
Our challenge was two-fold: 1) making people identify a craft typically invisible and 2) making them recognise its context within filmmaking. The final product ended up being a hybrid of drama, physical comedy, foleying and film scoring, all done live to the timings of a pre-recorded video.
In the photos above are some items we ended up using, and they are things that can be found in many households. We thought that if a kid could go home to experiment with similar items, then the show would have been a success.
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In collaboration with: Bright Ong and Sharavana Rama
Performed at
Esplanade Flipside Festival 2016
