Foley sound effects

Hard leather on bare boards, slow and deliberate, with a creak after each step. The creak is what makes the floor a real floor rather than a click track.

Loose stone shifting under each step, so no two land the same. Gravel is the surface that most clearly tells an audience the scene is outdoors.

A heavy coat shifting as somebody turns. This is the layer an audience never notices and always misses, because bodies are never silent.

The handle, the latch, then the hinge. Three events in one take, which is exactly how a door reads when it is done properly.

Metal pulled out of fabric, jangling unevenly. The unevenness matters: keys that rattle in a pattern sound like an instrument rather than a pocket.

Weight settling into a chair: fabric compressing, a frame creaking, clothing resettling afterwards. The most useful body movement there is.