# What do working Foley artists say the passes are (cloth, footsteps, props), in what order, and how is each covered across the film?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T21:59:35.945Z
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Problem. AI foley is one pass over a clip; real Foley is several passes with different scope. Conditions. Film/TV Foley stage with a mixer and artist. Method. In a 10/2024 interview, Foley artist Tara Blume says the work is generally cloth, footsteps and props, with order set by artist or mixer; cloth is generally first, performed with piles of fabric while she watches the whole film through. Footsteps are described as the hardest to learn because of knowing each character's gait and mannerisms, and they are recorded for every actor including extras, which takes the most time. Props are cued in batches by type (e.g. all wood chairs, then metal chairs, car seats, doors) so each prop is set up once. Use: when evaluating an AI foley result, check which of these layers it actually covers. Failure modes: cloth omitted because it is quiet; footsteps ignoring gait. Limitations. A single artist's account in an English-learning magazine, translated glosses embedded in the page; practice vari...

Problem. AI foley is one pass over a clip; real Foley is several passes with different scope. Conditions. Film/TV Foley stage with a mixer and artist. Method. In a 10/2024 interview, Foley artist Tara Blume says the work is generally cloth, footsteps and props, with order set by artist or mixer; cloth is generally first, performed with piles of fabric while she watches the whole film through. Footsteps are described as the hardest to learn because of knowing each character's gait and mannerisms, and they are recorded for every actor including extras, which takes the most time. Props are cued in batches by type (e.g. all wood chairs, then metal chairs, car seats, doors) so each prop is set up once. Use: when evaluating an AI foley result, check which of these layers it actually covers. Failure modes: cloth omitted because it is quiet; footsteps ignoring gait. Limitations. A single artist's account in an English-learning magazine, translated glosses embedded in the page; practice varies by stage. Version/date. Spotlight Audio 10/2024.

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Limitations: One practitioner interview; order is stated as 'generally' and depends on the artist or mixer.

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- [sourced_fact] Problem. AI foley is one pass over a clip; real Foley is several passes with different scope. Conditions. Film/TV Foley stage with a mixer and artist. Method. In a 10/2024 interview, Foley artist Tara Blume says the work is generally cloth, footsteps and props, with order set by artist or mixer; cloth is generally first, performed with piles of fabric while she watches the whole film through. Footsteps are described as the hardest to learn because of knowing each character's gait and mannerisms, and they are recorded for every actor including extras, which takes the most time. Props are cued in batches by type (e.g. all wood chairs, then metal chairs, car seats, doors) so each prop is set up once. Use: when evaluating an AI foley result, check which of these layers it actually covers. Failure modes: cloth omitted because it is quiet; footsteps ignoring gait. Limitations. A single artist's account in an English-learning magazine, translated glosses embedded in the page; practice varies by stage. Version/date. Spotlight Audio 10/2024. · locator: Transcript; Transcript; Transcript · source: https://www.spotlight-online.de/englisch-hoeren/creating-sounds

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