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If the movie or show is any good, most first-time viewers are likely too engaged with the plot to notice, and I suspect that the number who care to look out for
by mannykannot 3y ago
If the movie or show is any good, most first-time viewers are likely too engaged with the plot to notice, and I suspect that the number who care to look out for it are fairly small. You seem to be in the position of a trained musician who cannot avoid hearing mistakes.
Have you noticed how every scene of a wide-open or mountainous landscape must be accompanied with the screech of some raptor? (It sounds like a red-tailed hawk to me, but that's just what I am most familiar with.) This, I think, is more noticeable because it is usually a scene-setting shot in which not much is happening, while the Scream is often backdrop to mayhem.
- dv_dt 3y agoThis kind of hidden cultural shorthand in movies and TV is one reason I find watching foreign produced entertainment interesting. The set of tropes used in terms of cues and plots etc are different. When you watch it and something feels off, it’s interesting to think well is this just this particular show, are the cues different; am I missing some shared reference here…
- hackeraccount 3y agoFor bird sounds in movies the one to listen for is the loon. Admittedly a pretty striking call but it's everywhere in movies - and more often then not outside the actual range where you'd really find a loon.