Foley, Foley, Foley!

11/20/2022

It always seems like I go missing for a while. I guess helping keep the theatre going keeps me busy.... So for our December Show - "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" adapted by Joe Landry, we brought all of the light and sound equipment down stairs and are doing our best to use no digitized effects. Every sound effect will be made live, right in front of the audience. So we have a table full of glasses, and beans to spill on metal cookie sheets, and a wind machine, a thunder sheet, and my favorite a bucket full of water and a plunger. There will always be 3 of us, and at times 4. It takes a lot of hands to make foley work out with a live show. We have a couple of weeks and things are coming together, with a couple of things to go. Having a hard time doing a good 1940 car noise. I also would like to see us improve our door noise by using an actual door. Mostly for the visual as much as anything else.

I'll put more up here as we get through Turkey Day and closer to opening on the 2nd. Maybe even whatver we do to make a car noise (we tried a trombone, a little too much).

Stay Techie my Friends!

Brian

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This sounds like such a fun and immersive production—there’s something magical about bringing sound effects to life right in front of an audience.

Foley work like this adds a whole extra layer of performance. It’s not just what people hear, it’s what they *see* being created in real time. The creativity behind using everyday objects—beans, metal sheets, plungers—makes it feel both nostalgic and inventive at the same time.

I love that you’re leaning into practical effects instead of digital ones. It fits perfectly with the spirit of a live radio play and really honors that 1940s style.

Also, the challenge of getting those little details right (like the car noise or door sound) is part of what makes it so rewarding. Honestly, adding a real door sounds like a brilliant idea—it’s as much about the visual storytelling as the sound itself.

Sounds like a lot of moving parts, but also a lot of heart going into it. Can’t wait to hear how it all comes together!

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3/31/2026 12:03:58 pm

This is such a great throwback to the art of storytelling in its purest form.

There’s something incredibly satisfying about live foley—no shortcuts, no digital safety net, just creativity, timing, and teamwork. It turns sound into a performance of its own, not just something in the background.

You can already picture the audience watching those effects come together—the beans, the thunder sheet, the plunger—half the magic is seeing how it’s done.

And honestly, the little challenges (like nailing that car sound) are what make it special. When you figure it out, it’ll feel earned.

This sounds like one of those productions where the process is just as exciting as the final show.

Foley, Foley, Foley!

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