Foley Effects  Foley:  A sound effects technique for synchronous
effects or live effects   The Foley technique is named for Jack
Foley, a sound editor at Universal Studios (he simultaneously
added music and effects to the previously silent film "Showboat"
and the first "Foley" session was born).  What is it about the
sound in many student or amateur films that makes them sound
so... well... amateur? Even if the fidelity or clarity of the
dialogue is good, there is often something empty or thin about
the rest of the soundtrack - the action lacks depth and realism.
The answer could be that the film makers did not add Foley to
the soundtrack.  Foley effects are sound effects added to the
film during post production (after the shooting stops). They
include sounds such as footsteps, clothes rustling, crockery
clinking, paper folding, doors opening and slamming, punches
hitting, glass breaking, etc etc. In other words, many of the
sounds that the sound recordists on set did their best to avoid
recording during the