i trained with a foley artist to prove a point

[@answerinprogress]

If you wanna spend more time with us while we learn about foley - we are releasing a 30 minute mini-doc about our time exploring Stefan's studio and learning how to foley on patreon next week!! patreon.com/answerinprogress And if you wanna see more foley in your feeds, you can follow Stefan's instagram: instagram.com/oddiostudio I hope you liked the video!!!

[@AIbertoCruz]

Damn, Taha made 2 videos in a single year? Wild

[@answerinprogress]

miracles do happen

[@daemoneko]

he made his 2025 video in advance now we won't see him for a couple years

[@xdflame7712]

crazy

[@inactive-r5w]

2024 sure is wild🙏

[@The1SantosTwin]

​@@answerinprogressy'all need to bully him more to give him more video inspirations

[@ColtKirwan]

Glad you cut out the part of us accepting our Emmy award so Sabrina and Melissa didn't feel bad...

[@MisterSandmanzzZ]

I think Taha and Colt knocked the kitchen scene out of the park. I will say that I would have loved to see Taha show Stephan that scene to get his professional opinion on it. Along with a few bits and pieces of how Stephan would have used some of his tools to further bring life to that scene.

[@accuratc]

taha saying he doesn't listen to john mulaney on account of cheating and then a big red ALLEGEDLY beeping on screen is peak comedy imo

[@karlcarlsburg9641]

I didn't like that tbh. The claims are not well substantiated and if it turns out to not be true, the joke just seems distasteful.

[@theadamabrams]

@@karlcarlsburg9641 I mean, his child with Olivia Munn was born in Nov 2021, and his separation from Anna Marie Tendler was announced in May 2021, which is definitely less than nine months before November. Granted, Mulaney and Tendler might have had some understanding between themselves before any separation was publicly announced. On the other hand, their divorce wasn't even finalized until 2022, so from that perspective him breaking his marriage vows seems undeniable rather than just alleged.

[@karlcarlsburg9641]

@theadamabrams sure that can all be true, but it seems like they had been separated for about a year before he even went to rehab. So if that's the case, calling it cheating isn't really accurate. Either way, nobody really knows and even though he's a celebrity, there is still a real human family involved. So, in my opinion, I wouldn't joke about it on such a public / permanent platform. I just find it distasteful.

[@johannahill1868]

@@karlcarlsburg9641 yeah! agreeing w you here - in anne's book 'men have called her crazy' she says they hadn't been living together since before the pandemic (like, 2019) soo... again there's two people in a marriage and we're none of those two people and very truly there are things that are none of our concern

[@Benabik]

"Improved to a 9 out of 10. [...] I would not hire you." Brutal. Love it.

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

'Foley artist' is one of the coolest jobs I can think of, it seems like a career filled with just endless curiosity and creativity that can help you listen to your whole life with new ears.

[@anthonybeard3238]

But what did he think of the kitchen foley??

[@CheeseWithMold]

Yeah I'm really surprised they didn't include this. Maybe it wasn't ready by that point?

[@Aviertje]

@@CheeseWithMold I'm sure that has a good chance of being the official statement. But we all know the fanfic in our minds involves the grade being lower than expected and turning into an inconvenient fact that doesn't fit the 'lets share the beauty of foley' narrative of the video. ;)

[@Aphrothena1221]

​@@CheeseWithMold Could be in the patreon?

[@iout]

I remember as a kid watching the bonus features for Brother Bear. One of the segments was a bts for how they did the Foley for the movie and that single moment kicked off a love of Foley art and filmmaking as a whole. One of the downsides I find with streaming is they no longer package bonus features like that with the media. If you’re curious, you gotta find that stuff independently, which I think is a real shame. No way I would have heard (heh) of something as cool as Foley if it wasn’t so readily accessible on the DVD for the movie I already loved.

[@llamawalrushybrid]

All the love for Brother Bear, heck yeah

[@cthellis]

“I hate talking to you guys.” We feel the love. 😘

[@cthellis]

I am a little terrified of that animated guy in the kitchen scene. Giving off serial killer vibes. Is there a body in that dishwasher? Was he making a lung smoothie?

[@cthellis]

“What do we need the frying pan for?” “…for the frying pan?” ……. ……………

[@billcipher4368]

Average friend group interaction

[@zo_mi_di]

Me: has a BFA in filmmaking with a concentration in sound design and editing. Also me: oh boy a video about how they do sound in film!!!! Edit: I love this video!!!! Such a love letter to this art that most people will never fully appreciate. As editors and sound designers, we know we did our job well if our effort is basically invisible, so fame and glory isn’t really part of the job description lol

[@jacquelynchin5513]

i graduated film school last year and i'm now a union assistant sound editor. it's such a fun career path to go down, stick with it if you like it, it's great!

[@TheBestDanno]

On set sound tech here! Love my job but having to chase down noise makers to quiet them so we can get the dialogue is my biggest headache. Always love watching y’all piece it back together and enhancing those small sounds we don’t pay attention to in daily life but will ABSOLUTELY miss when watching a film. People will never notice the work, till it’s not there.

[@jaidiferous]

I was hoping to see Stefan’s reaction to the kitchen video! Especially after he gave Sabrina and Melissa a zero

[@blankets5782]

taha proving a point to melissa and sabrina with trained professionals, interviews, and doing the foley themselves for a video essay is actually division 1, cornell level spite-research. 💀

[@maromania7]

1:00 "Actually, a man who talks for a living says talking's the most important sound" is such a wild argument if you think about it for a fraction of a second.

[@Aviertje]

Dutch people would no doubt be familiar with the "We from Toilet Duck recommend Toilet Duck." commercial tagline which is a classic that fits in the exact same mold to the point where the saying has basically entered the common vernacular whenever people or companies tooting their own horn is being discussed.

[@TheStarBlack]

The kitchen was pretty good but the frying sound was way too loud in the mix as the pan was actually a good distance away from the camera in the scene.

[@Aviertje]

I also felt the ambient crowd murmur was way too loud and obnoxious in the way I feel a pub would be. All we saw were a couple of cooks who weren't talking in an upscale restaurant like vibe, so I'd expect less murmuring and more cutlery and nomming noises.

[@billcipher4368]

Make the frying sound extra loud and ZOOM right into the pan while adding a deep fried filter to the video . After doing those small changes you can get an average editing style of the modern attention span deficit youtube editor , improving the product by √100%!

[@therealquade]

the bubbling for boiling sounds wrong, i'm not even through the video, water sounds different depending on it's temperature. the only way to get boiling water is to boil water.

[@LEEZEREYMoe]

This is definitely the year for AIP, taha made TWO videos this year

[@bigmike485]

Thank you guys for this, coming from the dialogue side of film sound. If you guys ever want to do a followup on the other half, hit me up.

[@BrandyAHyatt]

As someone who did foley art in undergrad, this episode brought be joy

[@Tarukai788]

Thank you for highlighting the importance of sound in film! Having done some work for dialogue recording and how important that is, foley makes it all come together for the whole world and it's what I'd love to work with next!

[@marcflaps]

Back with an absolute banger after 2 months. Keep up the good work!

[@blizzy78]

dude is wearing sneakers, not boots - why? because lots of walking. the more walking, the more sneakers.

[@ItsNotewell]

As long as they're non-slip, you're good to go. I have converse style hi-tops I got for working in a kitchen.

[@tasos5005]

Here before Taha removes himself from the thumbnail.

[@blips97]

17:43 is a fantastic Sabrina face

[@Draconicrose]

This was a great look into it! On both videos I could tell something was off with the sound (without being able to pinpoint what), but the professional work never feels like that! The talent and skill!

[@lachlanlau]

3:13 as a tape enthusiast this made me cry

[@SweeneySays]

This is a great video but I am professionally obligated to tell you what an incredible ad integration this is. Elite. Perfect. (To be clear I love the parts where you are not selling me on Storyblocks too!!! The whole thing is very good!!!)

[@saffodils]

ikr??? i've stuck around for ads bc they were funny or seemed like an interesting product, but this genuinely seemed like part of the interesting information of the video in a way i've never seen before

[@ginevra3719]

Every time I watch one of your videos I fall in love with something new

[@davidjennings2179]

It shows how unforgiving foley is, a 9/10 is still detectable as off. Every scene has to be 10/10 or we can tell something is up.

[@jooleebilly]

I often call out the awesome Foley artist in a scene. Because it's amazing. Also, I was friends with Joanne Foley - her grandfather was THE Foley the art is named after. She still has the ring of keys he used in the (possible) first Foley effect. Don't remember what exactly, but I believe it was of a Roman "legion" marching. It wasn't loud enough and didn't sound like the huge army the director was trying to represent. Mr. Foley played around with it and found a solution - his keys knocking against his leather belt. Or so the story Joanne told goes. She even got fanmail once in the early 90s from a company that specialized in doing Foley effects! It's convenient how much I love it. I even got over my fear of horror movies because I know most of the breaking bones scenes are breaking and twisting celery. Or at least they used to be. The Mortal Combat movie was FULL of them. Okay, goodnight! Fascinating channel but it's late. I'll pick up watching the 2nd half of your video tomorrow, honest!

[@seatheparade]

Love this!!!! Been curious about foley for ages so this is really fascinating

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

Nice! I am an audio engineer and used to be a foley recordist. These days i do more dialog editing for KZbinrs and podcasters. In addition to producing/mixing/recording music. I gave foley artist a shot one day and i didn’t like it. Much prefer recording it (i still gotta choose the right stuff to use, stay organized, mic placement, etc).

[@ArtichokeHunter]

is it me or does boiling water in a pot not sound like the bubble blowing?

[@curtisbme]

I think full boil does sound a lot like that but it is missing smaller bubble noises and sizzle of the gas flame and some water that splashes out.

[@ArtichokeHunter]

@@curtisbme they said it was electric. But imo the balance of sounds is off and the boil sounds artificial

[@ArtichokeHunter]

@@curtisbme they said it was electric. But imo the balance of sounds is off and the boil sounds artificial

[@whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790]

Yeah, I agree, that was probably the only thing in the kitchen scene that sounded completely wrong to me. I could _not_ hear it as water boiling even when I really tried to. And unfortunately that was the dominant sound in the kitchen scene, which ruined it for me a little bit

[@AlexanderJWF]

Would love to work as a folly artist someday! You get to be like, "Does this squish sound give the right affect?" *puts down a soap coated in soap and picks up a loofah covered in petroleum jelly*squishes* "Ah, there we go."

[@SamuelGeist]

"Cows don't look like cows on film." -The Simpsons

[@SpySappingMyKeyboard]

Love Stephan's brutal honesty

[@kamikazebanzai1005]

Shout out to the folly in this entire episode. Even plays into the end scene

[@rubyfoxall1656]

the chaplin clip with sound/foley is extremely cool to see!

[@kalinka5333]

Thank you for mentioning that swords don't make a scraping or *shing!* sound when pulled out of a scabbard. That along with the sounds used whenever there is a cat in a scene (constant meowing or the typical *meeEOOW* sound of a startled cat running away) are my pet peeves when it comes to movie sounds

[@Kcajakon]

This post is in appreciation of this video and its audio.

[@andream8655]

answer in progress you will always be famous (:] seeing people sincerely fail and learn to get better and "still not be hireable" is so refreshing. oh to live life in this way, it really was an answer in progress)

[@lajawi.]

Good sound design is unnoticable.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

The "sizzling" sounds those Pop Rocks made with hilariously convincing KEKW

[@noobcoder4177]

i really missed your videos, so happy that you're back ❤

[@NamelessMoreOne]

7:52 Channeling your inner Michael Reeves goblin energy?

[@theflatsixth]

Okay but they kind of cooked with that kitchen video

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

thanks for making a video about this! foley is very interesting audio work!

[@YOEL_44]

This guy is so damn raw, I love it!!

[@RaveYoda]

For the kitchen open I will add it's missing the industrial fans blowing the smoke away. In addition machines humming are missing as obviously a kitchen has many appliances. But, such a good first attempt in my not humble opinion. =)

[@PogieJoe]

This was such a delightful one

[@ParadoxProblems]

The bag swipe at 4:54 and the zipper pull at 4:58 ? Were those added after?

[@willmendoza8498]

I love foley artists. So impressive

[@HaLo-t1c]

Foley is one of the things that you never think about when it's done well but immediately notice when not. Edit: aaand he mentioned in the video. :D

[@mosselyn5081]

Video games first made me conscious of sound effects and foley. Arenanet, in particular, had their sound team make a few videos about how they created various sound effects in game, like the sound of a fireball, etc. It is a fascinating field and must require amazing creativity.

[@marcelbpunkt]

Man, this video really tickled me! I did the "foleying" (nothing even remotely as professional as a real foley artist) in a 4 minute short film for uni, and also a 3 minute audio drama for school, and it was soooo much fun. Recorded some stuff, downloaded other stuff like hydraulic sounds from a CC licensed site, realised completely by chance that my mic stand sounded exactly like squeaky shoes when you slowly turn its joint (after trying like a dozen of different things to create a squeaky shoe sound). Then edit the sounds, cut, copy, paste, play with volume, echo, reverb and whatnot, and finally the satisfaction when it's all put together in the final product. Ah, good times!

[@stormwarrior5362]

One of the first movie bits of trivia I’ve heard was that the in Jurassic Park the mighty chomp of the T-Rex, that devours an entire human in one bite, is actually a man eating lettuce. It stuck with me.

[@ArtichokeHunter]

i feel like what john mulaney's joke is really about is how long he can work in an industry and have no sense of what other people actually do or the work that goes into it

[@longcatislooong]

1:39 Sabrina, how and why do you have the mug of my local league 2 football team?? BTW our pitch got flooded and collapsed a few days ago, sad times.

[@marcrepse5171]

I accidentally unplugged my TV speaker during the video which made the sound cut off and it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise it was not an extended bit 😩

[@danielosawaru9045]

14:09 "ZERO" 😂😂

[@romy8043]

hi answer in progress

[@romy8043]

good video liked it

[@just_oTTo]

I love seeing answer in progress notifications!!!!

[@BoliVic96]

we needed a final segment with the girls recognizing that foley is cool af lol

[@LevittownDirtBag]

Having worked in audio for almost 50 years I loved the line "...this is hard." It's so easy to underappreciate what goes into things we know little about.

[@WoLpH]

The walking with the Charlie Chaplin movie didn't sound natural, the rest was spot-on! Very well done indeed :) I definitely agree with you, sounds trumps image by a lot! When I got my first computer the first things I bought was proper speakers and a proper soundcard. When I got my first appartment I first got nice speakers and a nice amplifier before upgrading my TV. Good image but bad audio ruins the experience for me.

[@karinagreen6878]

You've lived my dream! I was desperate to be a foley artist until my teachers told me it was a silly career path and got in my head about it. Never stopped loving the art, though. Loved watching this.

[@spicychashu]

Grinning the whole time, this is so interesting!!

[@theforestofoak]

love the random Doctor Who cameos

[@iruns1246]

10:24 cold water and hot water sound very different though. That sounds like it's a refreshing water, not a boiling hot one.

[@tcxd1164]

Agree. Probably could've had the water boiled anyway just to make it sound more accurate, but with the length of the straw I guess it probably wouldn't be very safe to have your face that near to hot water.

[@Soulstarrr]

Oh this is the field I'm entering! Yoink!

[@zizzix08]

I’m only 2 minutes into this video but you are correct and valid.

[@moshirofumamoto5820]

Love this.❤

[@goldenscarecrow]

In reference to the sword unsheathing, how much of the entire film world is creating what we expect because of what we’ve already been told is real. Experiencing reality is like being unplugged from the matrix and not being able to trust either.

[@newt5111]

Sabrina AFC Wimbledon mug????

[@shadebug]

I’m at 5:16 and if this isn’t leading into a story blocks read imma riot

[@rednk9106]

The answer... has progressed... :O (This is my first time ever being relatively early lmao).

[@hell.evator.]

the fact that i just did an English paper about this exact topic

[@tylercote6597]

At 10:50, I'm suddenly in a Spirit of the Law video

[@CameronBlakemakesvideos]

I was speaking to a colleague today about how foley is so overlooked and underrated . I also harped on about how much fun it would do to be a foley artist and then this video popped up when I got home. Bless.

[@twoAQ]

for some reason flipping the thumbnail convinved me to click on the viedo... just thought you should know that your strange subliminal video marketing strategies are working on me at least

[@twoAQ]

and having watched the video, this is so cool!! i had no idea that footsteps weren't just the actors' footsteps or that foley artists collect stuff that makes cool noises!

[@gullibletraveller7367]

This is something I've always loved the idea of!! So happy to see it

[@trelucky]

Good video!!!

[@doomera5911]

incredible video

[@Iteration456-8_codename_goblin]

My question is how does a senior foley artist organize their collection? Is it on based on material type and then further organized by size?

[@Ashley-xu1lk]

I feel for Taha. He's passionate about something and when he shares it with his friends they make jokes about it as if that thing he's passionate about doesn't deserve respect or appreciation and then say "it's easy" when they know next to nothing about it. Taha makes a great first try at foley with his friend and when he shows it to his friends thinking it'll make his point, his friends continue to make jokes about his passion and then how he's getting upset about it instead of stopping because they're crossing a line or a boundary. I'm glad Sabrina and Melissa eventually learn how hard foley is and appreciate it, but watching them joke about their friends passion and insulting the art itself made me feel stressed.

[@Demasx]

Feedback: I think your viewers are curious and well-informed so foley isn't novel or mysterious... BUT Taha getting roasted by Sabrina and Melissa in the beginning made me invested in watching the entire video 😅

[@juliah8691]

When I was growing up, after I got through my "want to be a paleontologist" phase, but before I got to my "want to be an architect" phase, I went through a "want to be a foley artist" phase.

[@VonOzbourne]

Been waiting for this one since it was announce on Lateral. Only disappointment was that you didn't get Stephan's feedback on the kitchen scene.

[@melancholy.-Tunes]

this is great

[@bareakon]

What did Stefan think of Taha's foley recording though?

[@YeroDer]

Cool video. Seems different from your usual topics of self-improvement through training and learning. Also, I think you misspelled that professional Foley artist's name? PH in one spot, f in another

[@the1trubilly]

Right when Charlie Chaplain fell at the end my phone fell

[@Oakleaf012]

Oh man this is so cool, this has been my dream job since I was a kid watching behind the scenes videos of star wars and realizing all the magic of filmmaking and sound. I always love learning more about it (now if only he’d hire ME 😂 )

[@OTRKyofte]

Hey. Cool watch 🤠

[@lmpeters]

There's an exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles where they show all of the audio engineering that went into the opening scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", including video of the foley artists synced up with the actual film.

[@rubyfoxall1656]

awesome! i saw something similar at universal for the harry potter films where they showed clips from foley artists alongside the composers and other sound engineers. it's really cool and i'll have to check out the academy museum's exhibit next!

[@sarahwatts7152]

Jimmy Neutron had excellent sound work, they show some of the process in the DVD extras

[@Bipa_pi]

The first video i saw was the paste video Melissa made, but i was in a watching drama/exposing video era, and i thought it was an expose video on her 💀

[@clarabrandaog]

forget the oscars, HE WORKED ON HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

[@DanielDinhCreative]

The answer to "why foley?" Is simply that the microphone is terrible at picking up different sounds from different locations. Some sounds will be distant and echoey while some are very dry and blunt. Foley puts everything on the same plane, which is what our ears expect when watching a film.

[@Serenity_Dee]

The soundless props thing blew my mind when I learned about it. They have paper grocery bags that don't crinkle.

[@shawnholbrook7278]

I remember learning about foley in movies like Titan A.E. and other shows back when HBO did specials, thank you, I'm glad you are teaching us this complicated and fascinating job. 😊