The Craft Of The Foley Artist: How To Create Sounds Effects For Film
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The Craft of the Foley Artist: How to Create Sound Effects for Film

Workshop

Liwan

19 - 21 January 2026 | 4 - 8pm

Workshop Fee: 300 QAR

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This 3-session practical workshop will address basic techniques of foley: recording steps, object manipulation and other actions with practical exercises where participants will perform and record themselves to create sound effects, understand how to edit and export sessions for sound mixing.

With Mauro Eusepi, a foley artist based in Rome, Italy. He is known for his foley work in Paolo Sorrentino’s Hand of God (2021), Loro ( 2020) ,Youth (2015) , The Great Beauty (2013) , and Mateo Garrone’s Dogman (2018). He is also a lecturer at the Scuola D’Arte Cinematografica Gian Maria Volonte, in Rome.

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Program Structure: 

Day 1

History of the Foley Craft: Introduction to the work of a Foley artist: what recording consists of and how a Foley stage is divided and organized.

Theoretical explanation of the recording method and technique, screening of a classic Pro Tools Foley session of my projects, organization of tracks and files,

Screening of a short movie and spot session to understand what the Foley artist should record in relation to what happens in the scene, followed by practical application of the acquired knowledge: participants will rehearse and record steps, manipulation of objects and clothing in a short film.

Day 2

Participants will actively participate in a recording session, taking turns performing, capturing sounds,  or using Pro Tools for sound recording and sound editing.

Once all the material has been recorded, we will move on to the editing phase, including filesynchronization and an explanation of the fastest and most effective method for synchronizing large numbers of files. As a last step we will make a premix of the synchronized session, using volumes, equalizing and panning.

Day 3

We'll be joining the sound design and mixing workshop incorporating the session we recorded and edited into their sound design session and understanding how natural sounds and foley sounds interact by adding the right reverb for both interiors and exteriors ambience, how to integrate production sound with foley sound, and then discuss it together.

INTENDED OUTCOMES:

A foley sound reel

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