This section is all about Digital Media’s Practice with Audio for the first time. We learned about ADR and Foley: how it’s produced, edited, and then matched with other audio/video. Jokingly, we began by editing ADR with Harry Potter Movie Trailers.

First off though, ADR is known as Automated Dialogue Replacement. Sometimes when crews are shooting, there will be outside noises that can’t be controlled, such as noises emitted by bugs or a fierce wind creating some noise interference. To combat that, the actors will record their lines in a studio and then an editor will sync the audio in time with the filmed scenes. Just like that, there’s ADR!

Digital Media students practiced ADR by creating a joke script then adding their own ADR by watching the scene and matching the line as best as they could. My script turned out to be some pizza war (I never managed to make someone say ‘pizza, pizza!’ though).

Second, Foley is the sound effect you hear. These include footsteps, the sound of water dripping, bug noises, and more. Foley adds atmosphere and reality to films, making you feel like the scene is really happening before you. There are professional sound makers who spend their time creating sound effects from the everyday objects you see!

Digital Media students had their own try at making Foley, using it for both the Harry Potter Trailer and their audio book (the Foley for my Trailer is too hard to hear, however it’s quite noticeable in my audio book).

Listen below to hear my Joke Harry Potter Trailer! (The voices you hear are Emily as Ron and Hermione, Katy as Voldemort, Mikele as Henry, and me as extra parts)

**include harry potter adr, foley**