I did a foley session yesterday with Raul and forgot to export the files back to my laptop so I lost around three hours of work. We mainly did foley for cloth and a few little SFX in the clip. I decided to go in alone today and redo what we did. Try and be more efficient and see if it was possible to record alone.
I had my laptop hooked up via HDMI to the tv and a smaller interface to record the 416 in. I also had to use Logic Pro X to record as the Pro Tools video engine doesn’t work yet with the new M1 chip MacBook Pros.
I began by recording cloth entirely for the smaller boy child. He was wearing a sleeveless puffer and my jacket had the same texture as his. I record about 5-6 scenes and performed them with my jacket.
I then recorded an SFX of a bottle being opened and poured into a child’s mouth. I had my own water bottle to do this. I made sure to follow the script and concept of the movie and really keep the movements minimalistic and not loud.
I then recorded the atmosphere scene at the beginning of the film clip. There was a bag of tape of different thicknesses and materials in a basket. I used the thinner brown tape for the wind rustling grass, and the thicker black tape for the leaves moving in the second scene. The thinner brown tape had a lighter gentler sound in contrast to the other tape.
I also recorded the sound of the toy falling off the shelf which the daughter catches. I felt it would have more than one layer to it. I recorded three parts. An apple mouse for the light plastic sound when caught. A large clock for the more beefy sound of the toy. And a light layer of this thing I can’t describe but it had a rattle to it which a toy would have and I will add that as a final layer.
I also recorded a small plastic cup, in the scene the small child is on a milk crate trying to grab the rocket ship toy. I felt like the crate would be quietly creaking. I also recorded and squeezed the cup as an SFX.
The last recording I did today was of the wanted posters, the posters fluttering on the board. There was a notebook full of old paper that felt and sounded like the ones on screen. Not quite perfect A4 paper but the right consistency and texture. I recorded a few as I want to layer them up to immerse the scene.
Now I need to do at least a rough edit and plan the next foley session tomorrow. I’ve got a lot done today and plan to do the rest of the recordings alone. Unless someone decides to help me as I managed to be a lot more efficient.