Sounds for fighting scenes?

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GregPorter

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I'll keep this short and sweet.

My feature film "Medium" is going to have a few bloody fight scenes in it and I'm wondering how to get some decent sounding punches, kicks and blood spatters without it sounding too cheesey or "kung fu movie" like?


Any tips would be great.
 
Ahh. Sorry I forgot to mention I can't pay for them, isn't the first site a paysite?

(Also, the second site doesn't work when you try to download the ZIP files)
 
sounddogs.com, Sound Ideas, Hollywood Edge, and other commercial effects libraries can hook you up with an assortment of punches and elements.

Or, get a side of beef from the butcher and hire a good foley team. Other useful props for a fight scene could include neoprene flutter-boards, riding crops, punching bags, telephone books (tightly rolled and wrapped in duct tape), cabbages, celery, and dried pasta wrapped in a wet chamois (for those crunching bones). Layering is key; a single hit could include a beef punch with the thump of the phone book hitting the punching bag, the smack of the riding crop on the flutter board, and the crunching cartilidge of the pasta in the chamois. As always, texture and variety are very important.

Recording the foley with a bit of perspective will help avoid that "in your face" kung-fu sound.
 
Soundsnap was free the last time I checked which was yesterday. I used it for my Twilight fest film. The other links I don't know about.
 
SMuir said:
sounddogs.com, Sound Ideas, Hollywood Edge, and other commercial effects libraries can hook you up with an assortment of punches and elements.

Or, get a side of beef from the butcher and hire a good foley team. Other useful props for a fight scene could include neoprene flutter-boards, riding crops, punching bags, telephone books (tightly rolled and wrapped in duct tape), cabbages, celery, and dried pasta wrapped in a wet chamois (for those crunching bones). Layering is key; a single hit could include a beef punch with the thump of the phone book hitting the punching bag, the smack of the riding crop on the flutter board, and the crunching cartilidge of the pasta in the chamois. As always, texture and variety are very important.

Recording the foley with a bit of perspective will help avoid that "in your face" kung-fu sound.
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Wow. :beer:
 
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