FOLEY ARTIST – Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass.

EXAMPLES – Coconuts, pumpkins, aluminium, plastic bags, playing cards

SOUND MOTIFS – A sound effect or combination of sound effects that are associated with a particular character, setting, situation or idea through the film. The sound motifs condition the audience emotionally for the intervention, arrival, or actions of a particular character.

EXAMPLES – Avengers, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Jurassic Park

VOICEOVER – Voice-over narration is a technique commonly used in film, theatre or television productions in which a voice, that is generally non-diegetic, occurs in the course of a work’s narrative.

EXAMPLES – Bladerunner, Forest Gump, Stranger Than Fiction, The 6th Sense