most recent 30 from http://socialsounddesign.com 2013-05-26T04:32:37Z http://socialsounddesign.com/feeds/question/6337 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/6337/cloth-foley-off-screen Paul Fonarev 2011-03-03T02:28:50Z 2011-03-03T23:55:34Z

<p>Generally when I'm cutting Foley, if someone walks off screen or out of a room I'll cut at least a handful of footsteps to follow them out - their sudden absence would certainly be missed. </p> <p>I'm feeling a little more iffy when it comes to cloth Foley though. Cloth is far less a discrete sound than footsteps and in my mind is thus harder to place when not keyed to a specific visible action. </p> <p>My question to you all - do you let cloth movement continue for off screen action or does your cloth Foley go away once a character has left the screen?</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/6337/cloth-foley-off-screen/6338#6338 James Hayday 2011-03-03T02:52:44Z 2011-03-03T02:52:44Z

<p>Cloth accompanying the footsteps for a character leaving a scene can be very useful, so I would cut for perspective in the same way that you would for the feet. However depending on how detailed the foley artist is with their cloth pass, I find the attention is often drawn to the next on screen character pretty quickly, unless they make a point of discrete passes for situations where characters leave.. so you don't always have much to work with.</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/6337/cloth-foley-off-screen/6339#6339 tim prebble 2011-03-03T02:54:41Z 2011-03-03T02:54:41Z

<p>Depending on the context &amp; type of cloth I'd tail it off fairly rapidly.... but a leather jacket would be heard longer than a silk blouse... same for Batmans cape vs the cats pyjamas.... Footsteps are relatively a lot louder than cloth so they would/should trail longer.... Another context to bear in mind: if there is ADR, cloth is important</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/6337/cloth-foley-off-screen/6346#6346 John Kahuna 2011-03-03T15:16:16Z 2011-03-03T15:16:16Z

<p>My practice is to cover it anyway, even a few seconds offscreen. Let the mixer decide how much of it to hear if at all.</p> <p>If I'm recording/editing Foley and then doing the mixing too, it's easier to decide at the mixing stage too, when you have <em>all the stems</em> in a session. The cloth might get lost over the BGs, rest of the foley, music, etc. Then you'll be able to bring it up or get rid of it completely if unnecessary. </p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/6337/cloth-foley-off-screen/6352#6352 Dave Matney 2011-03-03T23:55:34Z 2011-03-03T23:55:34Z

<p>I agree with everyone above, but as an object lesson pay attention to people that leave your field of sight or walk out of the room you're in.</p>