The work of an invisible body: the contribution of foley artists to on-screen effort

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dc.contributor.authorDonaldson, Lucy Fife
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-24T09:20:13Z
dc.date.available2018-04-24T09:20:13Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractOn-screen bodies are central to our engagement with film. As sensory film theory seeks to remind us, this engagement is sensuous and embodied: our physicality forms sympathetic, kinetic and empathetic responses to the bodies we see and hear. We see a body jump, run and crash and in response we tense, twitch and flinch. But whose effort are we responding to? The character’s? The actor’s? This article explores the contribution of an invisible body in shaping our responsiveness to on-screen effort, that of the foley artist. Foley artists recreate a range of sounds made by the body, including footsteps, breath, face punches, falls, and the sound clothing makes as actors walk or run. Foley is a functional element of the filmmaking process, yet accounts of foley work note the creativity involved in these performances, which add to characterisation and expressivity. Drawing on detailed analysis of sequences in Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972) and Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) which foreground exertion and kinetic movement through dance and physical action, this article considers the affective contribution of foley to the physical work depicted on-screen. In doing so, I seek to highlight the extent to which foley constitutes an expressive performance that furthers our sensuous perception and appreciation of film.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationDonaldson, L. F. (2014) 'The work of an invisible body: the contribution of foley artists to on-screen effort', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 7. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.7.05en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.7.05
dc.identifier.endpage93
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued7
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage79
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5846
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue7/HTML/ArticleFifeDonaldson.html
dc.rights© 2014, The Author(s)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectFoleyen
dc.subjectDanceen
dc.subjectSounden
dc.subjectCreativityen
dc.subjectCabareten
dc.subjectDie Harden
dc.subjectCharacterisationen
dc.subjectExpressivityen
dc.subjectExertionen
dc.titleThe work of an invisible body: the contribution of foley artists to on-screen efforten
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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