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I find captions too distracting to have them constantly on but often have to turn them on for periods of time when I can't understand what actors are saying. I

I find captions too distracting to have them constantly on but often have to turn them on for periods of time when I can't understand what actors are saying. It's single words or phrases but I think it's happening more often now that actors don't care about proper diction, or for some reasons are no longer filmed until they they say their dialogues clearly.

defrost 4y ago
> now that actors don't care about proper diction Proper diction? Is that Mid-Atlantic accent, Received Pronunciation, or something else?
- hericium 4y ago
  Speaking in a way that is clearly understood, no matter what the accent. It's lisping, various mannerisms, speaking too fast - sometimes all at once - which I seem to have issues with understanding. Not an English native but I have less problems with understanding oldschool actors. Sean Connery had a particular way of pronouncing words but his speech was flawless. Bruce Willis has his speech impaired these days and he's speaking more slowly but is recorded until he sounds right. Younger actors say "blahblehboo", smile cutely and this hits Netflix screen.
  - helf 4y ago
    They used to teach speaking and enunciation etc. differently in acting/radio/tv differently, than now, apparently. My dad had to learn all these specific ways to enunciate and they made them do practice work. He was in communications in the military and later for the whitehouse and then radio and TV after the military. It is interesting to see differences over the decades.
- watwut 4y ago
  Not mumbling. Seriously, any accent can be spoken in "proper diction" as long as the person actually opens their mouths while talking to the mic. Also, it would be cool if peoples speech would not be impossibly while explosions so loud, everyone in other rooms or even apartments can hear it.
mook 4y ago
Don't forget terrible mixing too; as an example search for articles about Tenet's dialogue.

defrost 4y ago

> now that actors don't care about proper diction Proper diction? Is that Mid-Atlantic accent, Received Pronunciation, or something else?

hericium 4y ago
Speaking in a way that is clearly understood, no matter what the accent. It's lisping, various mannerisms, speaking too fast - sometimes all at once - which I seem to have issues with understanding. Not an English native but I have less problems with understanding oldschool actors. Sean Connery had a particular way of pronouncing words but his speech was flawless. Bruce Willis has his speech impaired these days and he's speaking more slowly but is recorded until he sounds right. Younger actors say "blahblehboo", smile cutely and this hits Netflix screen.
- helf 4y ago
  They used to teach speaking and enunciation etc. differently in acting/radio/tv differently, than now, apparently. My dad had to learn all these specific ways to enunciate and they made them do practice work. He was in communications in the military and later for the whitehouse and then radio and TV after the military. It is interesting to see differences over the decades.
watwut 4y ago
Not mumbling. Seriously, any accent can be spoken in "proper diction" as long as the person actually opens their mouths while talking to the mic. Also, it would be cool if peoples speech would not be impossibly while explosions so loud, everyone in other rooms or even apartments can hear it.

mook 4y ago

Don't forget terrible mixing too; as an example search for articles about Tenet's dialogue.