I did some research on the history of foley and how one would pursue the career. Foley dates back to the early 1920's when it was used to create additional sound effects for radio shows, but it was later adapted to filmmaking by Jack Foley in the later 1920's. Sounds are often created using objects from the everyday, and in many cases the objects don't visually represent the sound being made. Some objects commonly used include vegetables, used to recreate the sound of a bone snapping, or coconut shells for horse hooves. Modern day technology allows for the seamless addition of foley art to media, most people wouldn't know it was happening unless they were to directly listen out for it.
I found the history and usage of it fairly interesting, it made me think about how important foley art would be for animation media and video games, where there is no real life sound being recorded while the actors are performing. Without it, I feel like a lot of well loved pieces of media would be a lot duller.
I don't have much interest in getting into foley art, but I always find it interesting to research what education goes into these really specific careers. I found that to get into foley art professionally, you typically need to have a degree in sound or recording arts. Which makes sense.
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