Though the computer is now dominating several aspects of filmmaking -- most notably special effects and animation -- there is one craft that has remained blissfully low-tech: that of the foley artist.

SHADOW HILLS, Calif. – Alyson Moore is using a bundle of sticks to convey the sound of walking through snowy woods. She's a foley artist, and what she's doing is syncing sound effects with picture.

In my last column, I used the term "Foley" and then got an e-mail asking me what it meant. This might be a good time to explain this movie term later picked up by radio and stage directors trying to ...

than lines of dialogue and a musical score. There's also the sound that everyday objects make. Footsteps in the sand, say, or a spoon clinking against a coffee mug. That's the province of foley ...

The best compliment a foley artist can get? “I didn’t even notice your work.” Just about every sound effect you hear in a movie or TV show is added in postproduction by foley artists. Usually working ...

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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama--When I called Mick Foley last Thursday morning for an interview, one of his sons was teasing him about Dee Snider trouncing the Hardcore Legend in Newsday's "That's SO Long Island ...

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, ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Kirsten Manville and Tim Foley will co-headline the Stage 33 Live listening room in Bellows Falls on Sunday, April 10, in a limited-seating 3 p.m. matinee. The two will perform both ...