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a year ago by Chris to c/comicstrips

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SpaceScotsman 153 points a year ago

This is a real pet annoyance of mine, and I have seeing apologist posts on the internet about it.

If the actors cant enunciate properly except when they're shouting, that's not adding realism, they're doing bad acting.

If the sound engineers can't get a good audio balance for anything except the loudest moment in a film, that's not a limitation of technology/sound physics, they're bad at mixing.

If the director can't keep all of this in check and make a film that people can actually enjoy, that's not artistic choice, they've made a bad film.

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scrubbles 42 points a year ago

For the sound engineers, your not wrong, but they don't have the power you think they do. Asking for another take is an annoyance but accepted by the camera team and visuals, but audio is often overlooked, and you can't just keep mixing a bad take. But, directors are on a time crunch and so a sound guy saying "actually I know that take was perfect but we can't hear anything" is usually ignored.

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SpaceScotsman 18 points a year ago

This is a fair point. If people demanded their money back when a film has bad audio, I wonder if that might incentivise the industry to care more about this.

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odelik 8 points a year ago

I've noticed that some of the best enuciators are people that have a lisp and have obviously either taken speech classes or have self taught themselves how to overcome their lisp with better enuciation.

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musubibreakfast 2 points a year ago

I present to you the master orator and renowned pugilist philosopher Mike Tyson.

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azertyfun -30 points a year ago

Nah, I have a good sound setup and I don't want to be watching movies with less dynamic range because some people are using their shrilly built-in TV speakers with their children screaming in the background or $5 earbuds.

If you don't want to have a proper 5.1 audio setup, it's not the director's problem, it's the media player. Audio compression, center channel boosting, and subtitling are things that media centers have been able to do for decades (e.g. Kodi), it's just that streaming platforms and TVs don't always support it because they DGAF. Do look for a "night mode" in your TV settings though, that's an audio compressor and I have one on my receiver. If you are using headphones, use a media player like Kodi that allows you to boost the center channel (which is dedicated to dialogue).

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Maalus 43 points a year ago

There is millions of people who "don't want to have a proper 5.1 audio setup". It is the director's problem, optimise for the masses, not people who can afford to setup a cinema system in their home

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stephen01king 9 points a year ago

WHY are you getting down voted despite giving clear suggestions on how to get around this problem for people without a 5.1 surround sound setup?

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Ziglin 6 points a year ago

Even if I had the money and desire for a setup like that, I would not want a high audio range in media because I hate loud noises and am very sensitive.

In my opinion the big explosion can be a little bit louder than the footsteps but there doesn't have to be a huge difference. I'll sacrifice some realism for my eardrums.

And why can't all dialogs be about the same volume either?

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bss03 4 points a year ago

I guess it's a hot take, but dynamic range is a very useful tool, not limited to movies but also music and almost any audio that isn't just "talking heads".

I do want explosions to be significantly louder than whispers.

Not everything is a podcast / video essay that needs to be mixed to minimal dynamic range.

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Soggy 3 points a year ago

I spent $400 on headphones to address this and despite having had enough issues with build quality to not recommend Bowers & Wilkins specifically, they sound damn good.

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SharkWeek 1 point a year ago

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SapphironZA 1 point a year ago

So the excuse you are making is that the performer on stage does not need to speak clearly and loudly, because the people in the first few rows can hear them fine.

Good tip on night mode though.

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