Do you feel like the overall volume level changes based on the general genre of film? As I understand it: Action movies, for example, have to factor in audio

Do you feel like the overall volume level changes based on the general genre of film? As I understand it: Action movies, for example, have to factor in audio for everything from whispers to big explosions. In order to do that properly (avoiding clipping, etc) you have to look at the dynamic range. Then the problem becomes trying to make sure most people can hear the whispers while not blowing them away with the explosion at the other end of amplitude. If the film is just dialog at relatively consistent volumes the necessary dynamic range gets narrower and you can (pretty much) settle on a much more reasonable "sweet spot" output volume. Of course there are normalizers/compressors/etc and other forms of processing you can get heavy handed with but they're not really that popular when it comes to art because they arguably modify the art itself. There's even a specific Academy Award for sound[0]. When it comes to music it's a different story as we are well into the loudness war[1]. Anyway, to answer your question: probably not. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war