How did Hollywood create those resonant gunshot sounds in 1940s and 1950s B-Westerns?
Rick Miller
Harker Heights, Texas
Our gun and Western film expert Phil Spangenberger has a lot of experience in this department. He says all movie sound effects are referred to as Foleying, named for Jack Donovan Foley, who created the field in 1927.
For gunshots, the firing takes place in post-production, enhancing the sound effect. You can create many different sounds, such as a bullet striking fles
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