FOLEY SOUND
Foley sound is sound that has been recorded in a studio prior to filming. Once the raw footage undergoes the editing process, the prerecorded sound (foley sound) would be placed over the footage to enhance the sound. For example, recording the sound of footsteps or a dripping tap can be used to create suspense when increasing the volume and playing it over the footage within the film.
SOUND WITHIN
SOCIAL
REALISM
For example:
DIEGETIC
Social Realism films include a lot of dialogue that conforms to the typical language well known to 'the streets.' This includes cockney style accents, a lot of slang terms, deep voices (for the men), swearing and cursing. A lot of the dialogue would be argumentative and aggressive. You would also hear a lot of ambulance and police sirens to support the violence within the films, sometimes gun shots, engines revving and doors slamming, vehicles moving, traffic, beeping horns. Sometimes music will be played as diegetic sound as blasting music can be something that a group of people would do when they're socializing on the street.
NON-DIEGETIC
Most of the non-diegetic sound within a Social Realism film would be background music, possibly of the hip-hop or grime genre, to suit the music taste of the characters (and possibly a younger audience). Social Realism films sometimes also include a narrative or voice-over which is also non-diegetic sound.
FOR EXAMPLE
HONEY TRAP
Foley sound is used when Layla screams to put emphasis on her emotions - her fear and pain. The sound was enhanced to sound very piercing and really highlight the danger that she's put her friend in and the guilt that she feels because of it. The scream is the ending of the opening sequence before the title appears and the pleonastic diegetic sound (of her scream) is used to give the audience an insight to how things work out for her, now that she's living and adjusting to her new life in Brixton. The connotations of the scream almost indicate that people who live in these areas don't get happy endings in the same way that would be displayed in a Hollywood film - they're essentially a fantasy.
As the title saying 'KES' fades into the screen, non-diegetic sound of flute music emphasises the rural location that it has been set in. The young boy spends a lot of time in the fields, in the middle of no-where, when he's training his bird which has a significant link with the music. The fact that the music starts playing in a similar time to when the film title appears also creates a connection between the falcon and the countryside. The peaceful connotations of this sound imply that the boy is most likely at peace and calm when he's in the countryside rather than when he's at home, in the industrial town, where there are more rules and he's less free to spend his time the way he would like to.
KES
SOUND
Through our research into sound within the Social Realism genre, we have learnt that there are specific types of sounds
that conform to the genre, and certain sounds that don't. For example, you wouldn't necessarily find a group of people
listening to classical music in their spare time because it doesn't suit the style of the genre which is known for expressing the truth behind society. From this research, we have also improved our knowledge on Foley Sound and have gained an understanding of how we can incorporate it into our own film when we it comes to planning.