National Geographic USA – June 2019

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1. Pine cone
   Full of crunch, pine cones
   excel at re-creating the
   sound of breaking bones.
   Roesch and his team also
   used pine cones to mimic
   hedgehogs rolling down
   a hill in the children’s
   movie Ferdinand by
   scraping the cones
   with a hairbrush.
   4. Audiotape
   For simulating the sound
   of feet walking on grass,
   the team likes this prop
   because it adds “crispness.”
   5. Baby sneakers
   Small and rubbery, these
   little shoes helped bring
   the Minions’ footsteps to
   life in the animated hit
   Despicable Me 3.


2. Cat-o’-nine-tails
   This whip was perfect for
   making the sound of an
   alien’s tentacles slapping
   against a window in
   Independence Day.


3. Spurs
   To add a “real Western
   feel” to the 1985 film
   Silverado, the Foley
   artists relied on spurs.

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