PITTSBURG, Kan. — Plastic foam bowls, pebbles, popsicle sticks, sand, gel beads and whistles found at the dollar store were splayed out in front of communication students at Pittsburg State University ...

than lines of dialogue and a musical score. There's also the sound that everyday objects make. Footsteps in the sand, say, or a spoon clinking against a coffee mug. That's the province of foley ...