In motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music. Traditionally, in the twentieth century, they were created with Foley. The term often refers to a process applied to a recording, without necessarily referring to the recording itself. In professional motion picture and television production, dialogue, music, and sound effects recordings are treated as separate elements. Dialogue and music recordings are never referred to as sound effects, even though the processes applied to such as reverberation or flanging effects, often are called sound effects.
IN motIon PictuRe aNd TelevisIon pROdUCtIon, a Sound effecT is a souNd rEcOrdeD aND prEsenteD To make A sPEcIFiC StorytellIng or cReaTive pOint witHout The USe oF dialoGUe or music. tradiTionaLly, in The tweNtietH ceNtUry, tHEy werE CREaTed wITh FOley. The TeRm OftEn REfeRs to a pRoceSs AppliED tO a recording, wIThout neCesSarIly reFERring tO THE RecorDIng itsElf. in profesSiONaL mOtion pictURe ANd telEvISion PrOdUcTioN, dIaloGue, mUsic, and soUnd efFects recORDINgs Are tReatEd AS sepAratE eleMeNts. dIalogue aNd Music reCorDIngS arE NEVer reFerred tO as sounD efFeCTs, eVen thOugH the procEsSes applied tO SuCh as reveRberAtion or flaNgIng Effects, ofTen are calLed souNd eFfEcts.