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Off topic but have you noticed a trend in modern movies that it's harder to hear dialogue? I find the music and background noise is so loud in modern movies th
by xupybd 4y ago
Off topic but have you noticed a trend in modern movies that it's harder to hear dialogue?
I find the music and background noise is so loud in modern movies that I struggle to hear some of the characters talk.
I thought I was just getting old but recently watched some older movies and found they were much easier to hear.
- lynx23 4y agoWell, now that you mention it. My take on this is pretty subjective because I am not a native english speaker. While I watch a lot of english-movies these days, I was brought up with a rich world of overdubbed movies in my native language. These overdubs tend to have a very good quality when it comes to clarity because they are always done in a studio afterwards. When I started to watch english movies, I was thrown into an abyss of very hard to follow dialogue, but that was mostly because I was not used to hearing the actors speak on set during whatever they were actually doing. However, that said, I do also feel it is getting harder with more action-loaded productions, which is basically everything in the past 10 years or so.
- tpxl 4y agoAfaik, a lot of modern AAA dialogue gets re-recorded in the studio these days, and is then mixed to be inaudible in post because fuck us I guess.
- tpxl 4y agoPart of the problem with modern movies is they're designed for surround sound 5.1 systems or similar. In those systems, the middle front channel is generally used for dialogue, but that channel often gets entirely dropped when remixing for stereo systems. This predictably results in inaudible dialogue. This was discussed on HN a few months ago, but I can't find a reference to that thread.
- PaulHoule 4y agoThat’s one problem, not the only one. If there’s a root cause it is that they make movies to get Oscars, not to be watched by the audience.
- bombcar 4y agoSome receivers have “dialogue boost” or otherwise let you adjust each channel individually. More and more we just leave subtitles on, as too much dialog is easy to lose in the rest of the sound. I think it’s also a difference in how movies are made now; compare the pacing of Rocky with anything modern. Older movies stop the action to dialog; modern movies have quips over explosions
- wonderwonder 4y agoI've noticed my kids watch movies with the subtitles turned on because of this.