I was gripping about this last night. Actors practically whispering. Had to move to headphones. Many times i wonder why the industry can't seem to properly mic the scene or pick a decent cohesive/compatible decimal range.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago (23 children)

There is a lot that goes in to sound engineering in order to make a movie going experience really good. Basically the sound is engineered to sound really good on the 100ish channels that movie theaters have, but when going to a home they have to crunch all that down to work with a 2.1 or 5.1 etc and there is inevitably loss due to overlapping frequencies and even immersive aspects. How can a voice seem to be as loud as an explosion for example.

On top of those difficulties you have directors like Christopher Nolan who has said that he doesn’t care about home audio and that his movies are made to be seen in a theater.

[–] thearcticcat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But why do they do it in TV series as well? It’s not like I’m watching better call Saul in cinema.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 9 points 1 year ago

The people that made it probably wanted to make the audio sound best for the one person that has a great sound system, there's a good YouTube video about it https://youtu.be/VYJtb2YXae8

[–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly! My comment above was in reference to Breaking Bad (not something in theaters). I'm watching this thru probably for the fifth time but the really quiet skyler and walt whispering dialogue (crank to 32 to hear) takes time so i missed part of it. Volume averages at 10 in my living room. Then have to be johnny on the spot and hope that 32 gets back to 10 before the whispering is over. And good help you if you're watching subtitles because the volume indicator appears right over them.

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