I tapped on my wooden desk a little bit and boosted the noise of it and reduced the backround noise. I used this for a scene of a character falling down stairs.
Out in the woods, kicking on some loose rocks. A few of them are rolling down a small cliff face. Some distant low traffic noise. Recorder: zoom f6microphone: audio-technica bp4025.
A sound of me punching my table, mixed with the sound of one of the objects that happened to fall off during recording, makes a pretty impactful sound.