Pam's Colecovision was her babysitter, from the age of 4 or 5, but the family only had one game. Over and over, hour after hour, she'd climb and jump through the three levels of Donkey Kong. But the ...

This past weekend, audiences flocked to movie theaters to see Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Nick Jonas step back into a magical game to rescue one of their own in “Jumanji: ...

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These sound engineers are responsible for re-creating sound effects like ringing doorbells, squeaky stairs and swishing clothing that help bring a Hollywood production to life. What a foley artist ...

As Hollywood is grappling with the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, Foley artists remain a key and deeply human part of the moviemaking process. Foley artists craft the everyday sound ...

Foley artists are sharing their sound-effects secrets on Insta. Blood splash? It’s a watermelon getting slashed. Punches? Someone hit a goat carcass. Listen up If you’ve spent any time on Instagram, ...

Foley artist Ele Matelan in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, part of the 2016 installment of It Came From the Neo-Futurarium Credit: Evan Hanover Ele Matelan didn’t plan on making a career out of ...

If you’ll permit us to spoil a little bit of movie magic, many of the sound effects you hear in film and TV are actually recreated and edited in later by Foley artists. Now, researchers are attempting ...

What would a scary movie be without the ominous creak of floorboards? Sound effects—called Foley—add crucial value to any film. “The challenge,” says Foley artist John Roesch, “is to create something ...

We’ve got a new installment of one of our favorite segments today “Try My Job”. When you drive into Chicago off the Ohio feeder ramp, you’ll see a very un-assuming brick building right at Ohio and ...