简介：Synopsis:Asingle-shot,choreographedportraitoftheFoleyprocess,revealingmultiplelayersoffabricationandimposition.ThecircularcamerapathmovesusinsideandbackoutofaFoleystageinBurbank,CA.Whileportrayingsoundartistsatwork,typicallyinvisiblesupportmechanismsoffilmmakingareexposed,asare,byextensionandquotation,governmentalviolationsofindividualprivacy. ThescenebeingfoleyedisthefinalsequencefromTheConversationwhereGeneHackman'scharacterHarryCaultearsaparthisroomsearchingfora'bug'thathesuspectshasbeencovertlyplanted.ThelookofCaul'sapartmentashetearsitapartmirrorsthevisualchaosoftheFoleystage.ThismirroringisalsoevidentinthedualportraitsofsonicespionageexpertCaulandFoleyartistGreggBarbanell,forwhomprofessionalismismarkedbyaninvisibilityofcraft.AndinthedoublingproducedbyHackman'ssecondappearanceasasurveillancehack,twenty-fouryearslaterinEnemyoftheState. ThesefilmicquotationsgroundHackedCircuit,evokingparanoia,andasenseofconvictionalongsidealackofcertaintyaboutwhatisvisible.Thecomplicationoftheseen,theknown,theheardandtheundetectableprovidesthematicparallelsbetweenthestagecraftofFoleyandapervasiveclimateofgovernmentsurveillance. *Foleyistheartofreproducingsoundeffectsforcinemainrealtime.Itspurposeistocomplementorreproducesoundscreatedonsetatthetimeoffilming(akafieldrecording).Mostfilmsuseacombinationoffoleyandfieldrecording.Whilewatchingafilmclip,theFoleyartistproducesincidentalnon-dialoguesoundsinsyncwiththeaction,e.g.footsteps,keysdropping,fabricrustling,glassbreaking,doorsclosing,etc.TheworkofagoodFoleyartistgoesundetectedbytheaudience.…