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52 CINEMONTAGE / Q1 2016 The Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Wolf of Wall Street and the recent Spotlight. Hand-eye coordination is key for a Foley artist, according to Costanzo. And if this wasn't exactly what got him in the door at Sound One in New York City, it is what got him noticed. Back in the day, he was a working magician with aspirations to be in show business. He got a job as a messenger at Sound One and, as part of his job, would go into every editing room to deliver 35mm trims. He would then show a magic trick. And then he would go into the next room and show another trick. One thing led to another and eventually he got a job as an apprentice sound editor on Sophie's Choice. As Costanzo tells it, one day he was given a chance to see the Foley room, where legendary Foley artist Elisha Birnbaum was working. When Birnbaum couldn't find the prop he needed to make the sound of a pull chain light bulb, Costanzo offered to bring one in — and the rest is history. "That was my first Foley effect," he says. "They actually let me do the pull chain and they used it. That was the start." When Birnbaum announced that he was looking for a replacement, he took Costanzo under his tutelage and eventually Costanzo replaced Birnbaum and became a go-to Foley artist in New York City. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FEET On the West Coast, where the craft of Foley was created (See sidebar, page 56), LA Foley artist Joe Sabella believes that "walking characters" is a window into their world. "If you really think about it, people's feet depict what kind of personality they have," he posits. And though there isn't a Joe Sabella.