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The secret heroes of sound

Do you ever pay attention to sound effects in a movie? The noise of a fire burning in the corner of a cozy room? The sound of rain falling on
a roof or window? While we’re watching a movie or TV show, we don’t usually notice these sounds, but they’re extremely important. They

help make the places and events on the screen seem realistic – without these noises, the movie can seem empty or unnaturally quiet. The
sounds can also help the audience understand the size or atmosphere of a place in the movie. For example, they can tell us that the main

character is walking on carpet, or on a wooden floor, even if we can’t see his or her feet. Sound effects are sometimes used to disguise
noises that were accidentally recorded during filming, too, like the sound of an airplane flying over the movie set!

You might think that these sounds are recorded during filming. However, that isn’t usually true. Instead, sound effects artists, or Foley artists,

recreate each sound in a recording studio. This can be a difficult job: a scene often includes many different sounds, and recording all of these
noises can be time-consuming. However, adding these sounds after filming means a director has much more control over them. He or she

can change the volume or quality of a sound to create a certain effect, as well as making sure that we can still hear the words of the script

clearly.

The name “Foley artist” comes from one of the original sound effects artists, Jack Foley, who was born in 1891. At the start of the 20th
century, sound effects artists were needed for the recording of live radio dramas. They used a special board to produce common sounds like

the noise of a door opening, or a telephone ringing. When movie studios started to produce movies with sound, they recruited radio sound
effects artists to join their teams. Foley started working for Universal Studios in 1914, and was involved in the production of movies such as

Show Boat, Spartacus, and Operation Petticoat. Many of the ideas and techniques that Foley developed are still used today.

Apart from a good microphone to record the sound, you don’t need professional equipment to create sound effects. These are often created
using everyday objects from around the house, such as a bag of flour. (That’s used to make the sound of someone walking in snow.

Similarly, to create the sound of a person walking through tall grass, you can use a bag filled with pieces of newspaper.) Foley artists often
hit a large, heavy book to make the sound of a punch, or fry a piece of meat to create the sound of rain. So next time you’re watching a

movie, listen carefully to the sounds you hear, and try to guess what they might really be!

Choose the right option.

The writer says we don’t usually notice the sounds in a movie.

These sounds are normally recorded after the filming.

Jack Foley was one of the first sound effects artists.

He got a job at a movie studio in 1914.

Creating sound effects doesn't require a lot of special equipment.

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Find words 1–8 in the text and match them with definitions a–h. Think about whether the words are verbs, nouns, adjectives, or
adverbs.

recreate to make something happen again

unnaturally in a way that is strange or not normal

time-consuming taking a long time

similarly in almost the same way

disguise to hide something

techniques ways of doing something

recruited offered jobs to

everyday common or regular

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Find the sentence in the text. Do the word in bold refer to a noun (N) or a whole phrase (P)?

However, that isn’t usually true.

a. a noun

b. a whole phrase

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Find the sentence in the text. Do the word in bold refer to a noun (N) or a whole phrase (P)?
This can be a difficult job.

a. a whole phrase

b. a noun

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Find the sentence in the text. Do the word in bold refer to a noun (N) or a whole phrase (P)?

That’s used to make the sound of someone walking in snow.

a. a whole phrase

b. a noun

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