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Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by gamblor956 on Saturday March 12, 2022 @11:50AM (#30652659)
Many of today's actors /actresses almost mumble their lines and make it absolute hell for the audio people to pick them up, whereas theatre trained individuals were loud and enunciate the crap out of everything.

Sorry, but I work with a lot of Hollywood production companies and have been on plenty of sets, and this is a load of crap.

Today's actors and actresses speak their lines just fine. The problem is the trend toward louder audio f/x and music, which can drown out voices if not mixed correctly. See, e.g., Tenet for a horrific example of audio mixing, and the characters can barely be heard even when yelling; compare to The Batman where Pattinson rarely speaks above a whisper but is audible and understandable in every scene.

Re:Modern movies teach us awful lessons [video] by glandium on Saturday March 12, 2022 @03:25PM (#30654593)
I always wondered what people have against Tenet's audio. I originally saw it with headphones and using vlc and it was fine. Then I saw it on a TV and it was awful. I wonder if it was tested in normal environments.