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Released
2014 · FILM

The Secret World of Foley

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Runtime
14 min
DocumentaryMusic

Synopsis

*The Secret World of Foley* explores the largely unseen work of Foley artists, who enhance films by adding sound effects during post-production. The documentary follows a two-person, multi-award-winning Foley team as they collaborate to create the soundscape for a film depicting a single morning in an English coastal fishing village. Using a wide array of props from their extensive collection, they carefully time and judge each sound effect to bring every auditory detail to life. The film highlights this lesser-known aspect of filmmaking and showcases the artistry that contributes to the magic of cinema.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 11

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by James WatsonScored by Christopher Sarantis

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