You hear them in every production you watch: the foley artist. They find innovative ways to create the sounds needed for the shot on screen. Often, these sounds are taken from other elements. In other cases, foley artists have to invent a new sound to match the sequence.
In this video for The Academy, three foley artists reveal their techniques to create sounds for the images that directors bring to them
Gary Hecker (Django Unchained, Hancock, 300), Dawn Lunsford (Whiplash, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Alicia Stevenson (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, X-Men, Transformers: Age of Extinction) share their insight on post-production.