Acousmatic Foley: Staging sound-fiction

Pinheiro, Sara

doi:10.1017/s1355771816000212

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“…Three core sound elements of footsteps, prop handling, and cloth are typically performed [18][19][20]. Foley, being diegetic in nature, can be considered to play a part in allowing an audience to comprehend the actions and characters in a scene and therefore contribute to a narrative, although the source or object used to create the sound may be different to that depicted in a process of "sound-acting" [21]. Foley work is a nuanced, performative activity, and expressiveness is considered an important part of a Foley artist's experience [22].…”

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Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics

Cunningham,

McGregor

2024

Pers Ubiquit Comput

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Foley artistry is an essential part of the audio post-production process for film, television, games, and animation. By extension, it is as crucial in emergent media such as virtual, mixed, and augmented reality. Footsteps are a core activity that a Foley artist must undertake and convey information about the characters and environment presented on-screen. This study sought to identify if characteristics of age, gender, weight, health, and confidence could be conveyed, using sounds created by a professional Foley artist, in three different 3D humanoid models, following a single walk cycle. An experiment was conducted with human participants (n=100) and found that Foley manipulations could convey all the intended characteristics with varying degrees of contextual success. It was shown that the abstract 3D models were capable of communicating characteristics of age, gender, and weight. A discussion of the literature and inspection of related audio features with the Foley clips suggest signal parameters of frequency, envelope, and novelty may be a subset of markers of those perceived characteristics. The findings are relevant to researchers and practitioners in linear and interactive media and demonstrate mechanisms by which Foley can contribute useful information and concepts about on-screen characters.

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Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics

Cunningham,

McGregor

2024

Pers Ubiquit Comput

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“…Foley, being diegetic in nature, can be considered to play a part in allowing an audience to comprehend the actions and characters in a scene and therefore contribute to a narrative, although the source or object used to create the sound may be different to that depicted in a process of "sound-acting" [26].…”

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Manipulating Foley Footsteps and Character Realism to Influence Audience Perceptions of a 3D Animated Walk Cycle

Cunningham

Mcgregor

2022

AudioMostly 2022

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Foley artistry is an essential part of the audio post-production process for film, television, games, and animation. By extension, it is as crucial in emergent media such as virtual, mixed, and augmented reality. Footsteps are a core activity that a Foley artist must undertake and convey information about the characters and environment presented on-screen. This study sought to identify if characteristics of age, gender, weight, health, and confidence could be conveyed, using sounds created by a professional Foley artist, in three different 3D humanoid models, following a single walk cycle. An experiment was conducted with human participants (n=100) and found that Foley manipulations could convey all the intended characteristics with varying degrees of contextual success. It was shown that the abstract models were capable of communicating characteristics of age, gender, and weight. The findings are relevant to researchers and practitioners in linear and interactive media and demonstrate mechanisms by which Foley can contribute useful information and concepts about on-screen characters. CCS CONCEPTS• Applied computing → Sound and music computing; • Humancentered computing → User studies.

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