C5, Inc. Foley Stage

Foley Stage

"Our decision to build the Foley stage began with a desire to push the creative sound barrier."
Phil Stockton, Co-founder of C5, Inc.

Foley had always been a main concern for the owners of C5. Since the inception of the company in 1989, there has always been a Foley Stage integrated at C5. Looking ahead and looking for space to expand, C5 recently created one of the largest and most advanced Foley facilities in North America. Located in Northvale, New Jersey, the stage is 3,700 sq. ft. large and features a Foley pit that is 256 sq. ft. in dimension.

Once a large warehousing facility, the new location has been transformed into a state-of-the-art sound stage that features several different types of surface pits, including salt, sand, dirt, and brick. Equipped with the widest variety of props, including a full-size, working motorboat, the stage allows C5's Foley team to develop large, dramatic, true-to-life sounds.

The pits are supported by a cement foundation, producing a very solid realistic sound. The size, depth, and unique acoustics of the Foley stages create the perfect environments for the generation of production-quality sound.

Perfecting a time-honored technique, renowned Foley artists Marko Costanzo, and Foley engineer George Lara, use the comprehensive array of surfaces, materials, acoustic angles, and unique spatial dimensions of the new stage, to create the vivid and complex sounds for every film done by the community at C5, as well as work by outside Sound Supervisors.