▲ 537 ▼ When I was a kid I identified old TV shows because they were black and white... (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago* by Hypersapien@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 77 comments fedilink hide all child comments These days, kids identify them by the aspect ratio.
[–] BurnoutDV@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago (3 children) This is actually because our microphones became better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 22 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, microphones got better but there is more too it. One huge factor is the mixing for cinemas and not for home theaters or worse for TV speaker. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) No, the video actually goes into that. Directors think it's "more real" to have mumbled dialogues. But they seem to misinterpret that as "more mumble = more good". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* It's a combination of both. Studios typically will mix the end result for the highest-end sound setups, which most people don't actually have. If you're lucky enough to have a full surround with the ability to properly dial in equalizer and other settings, you probably won't have a problem hearing the dialogue even when it's mumbled. But on conventional tv speakers, it can easily get lost in the mix. permalink fedilink source parent [–] barnsbauer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago This video was exactly what first came to mind when I read "badly understandable dialogues"! It bothers me that as we got better mics, the actors became more unintelligible instead of the other way as one would predict. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 5 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 22 points 3 years ago (1 child) Sure, microphones got better but there is more too it. One huge factor is the mixing for cinemas and not for home theaters or worse for TV speaker. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) No, the video actually goes into that. Directors think it's "more real" to have mumbled dialogues. But they seem to misinterpret that as "more mumble = more good". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* It's a combination of both. Studios typically will mix the end result for the highest-end sound setups, which most people don't actually have. If you're lucky enough to have a full surround with the ability to properly dial in equalizer and other settings, you probably won't have a problem hearing the dialogue even when it's mumbled. But on conventional tv speakers, it can easily get lost in the mix. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) No, the video actually goes into that. Directors think it's "more real" to have mumbled dialogues. But they seem to misinterpret that as "more mumble = more good". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* It's a combination of both. Studios typically will mix the end result for the highest-end sound setups, which most people don't actually have. If you're lucky enough to have a full surround with the ability to properly dial in equalizer and other settings, you probably won't have a problem hearing the dialogue even when it's mumbled. But on conventional tv speakers, it can easily get lost in the mix. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* It's a combination of both. Studios typically will mix the end result for the highest-end sound setups, which most people don't actually have. If you're lucky enough to have a full surround with the ability to properly dial in equalizer and other settings, you probably won't have a problem hearing the dialogue even when it's mumbled. But on conventional tv speakers, it can easily get lost in the mix. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] barnsbauer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago This video was exactly what first came to mind when I read "badly understandable dialogues"! It bothers me that as we got better mics, the actors became more unintelligible instead of the other way as one would predict. permalink fedilink source parent
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