How does pro filmmaker really find their ideal sound effects quickly?

Adobe Premiere Pro

How does pro filmmaker really find their ideal sound effects quickly?

Posted by Mehdi Davatgar on January 17, 2019 at 3:35 am

Hello Pro filmmakers!

I am just starting out and finding the right sound effects is becoming very challenging and time consuming.

My problem is, when I hear an ideal sound effects in a film and find it suitable for my video too, I have so much trouble finding it on the 1000’s of sound fx websites or in my own database! Even I don’t know what it’s called so I can search for it! sometimes I spend a full day just trying to find a right sound fx by try and error and listen to countless sound effects!mad!

I hope there’s a more efficient way to do this. How does pro filmmaker really find their ideal sound effects quickly?

Mehdi Davatgar replied 7 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
8 Replies

Tero Ahlfors
January 17, 2019 at 7:21 am

[Mehdi Davatgar] “How does pro filmmaker really find their ideal sound effects quickly?”

By hiring an audio/foley artist to do it.
Joseph W. bourke
January 17, 2019 at 6:26 pm

I would have fallen on a patch of ice with my leg mic’d! Nothing like a practical effect!

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com
Shane Ross
January 17, 2019 at 6:44 pm

We have a well labeled library of options…slug in something close, or sometimes spot on. And then a pro sound mixer, who has years of knowledge of what they have and what will work will come in and replace them. Or, they will foley them.

After many years with a library of sounds, you get familiar with what you have and what will work.

Shane
Little Frog Post
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def
Mehdi Davatgar
January 17, 2019 at 11:53 pm

Thanks Dave! but my requirements are very simple, I want to create something similar to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwKS8j9zSa4

how can I identify the sound effects of a clip by listening to it, and find it on the web? my main issue is identify or name a sound after listening to it, any sound pack you can recommend that can cover all the sound effects used in this clip?

Cheers,
Mehdi
Mehdi Davatgar
January 17, 2019 at 11:54 pm

Thank you Tero! but my requirements are very simple, I want to create something similar to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwKS8j9zSa4

how can I identify the sound effects of a clip by listening to it, and find it on the web? my main issue is identify or name a sound after listening to it, any sound pack you can recommend that can cover all the sound effects used in this clip?

Cheers,
Mehdi
Mehdi Davatgar
January 17, 2019 at 11:55 pm

Thanks Joe! my requirements are very simple, I want to create something similar to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwKS8j9zSa4

how can I identify the sound effects of a clip by listening to it, and find it on the web? my main issue is identify or name a sound after listening to it, any sound pack you can recommend that can cover all the sound effects used in this clip?

Cheers,
Mehdi
Mehdi Davatgar
January 17, 2019 at 11:57 pm

Thanks Shane! my requirements are very simple, I want to create something similar to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwKS8j9zSa4

any sound pack you can recommend that can cover all the sound effects used in this clip?

Cheers,
Mehdi
Mehdi Davatgar
January 18, 2019 at 2:05 am

great! thanks for the tip!

Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up

Creative Communities of the World Forums