Current Events > Vox: Why we all need subtitles now

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8&source_ve_path=MzY4NDI&feature=emb_logo

I'm not reading that

I'm not clicking on a Vox video, but didn't Spielberg release West Side Story or something with no subtitles?

sorry it happened tc

(speaks foreign language) is the most aggravating thing ever

The bit about dynamic range is such bullshit. We don't need explosions to be ear-blastingly loud. It's okay to have less range between the two, we get the idea of the loudness of explosions without having our eardrums burst. Is it really worth it to have speech be so quiet just so you can contrast that with a massive explosion?

As long as there's an option to turn them off, sure.

I always use subtitles because sometimes the audio mixing is crap.

Evangelion is terrible with audiomixing. character speak so quietly and quickly it's hard to understand them.

I end up watching a lot of things with subtitles because Im either watching it in Vietnamese/Korean or Im watching it in English with my partner and she finds it easier to follow with English subtitles as its not her first language.

I really haven't had problems with earphones/buds. There are definitely issues in actual theaters and Nolan films.

Didn't watch the entire thing, but honestly it feels like...

US filmmakers want to mix for theaters, fuck everything else.

Shame they're trash in most places and it's no better at them, and even the best movies these days aren't worth anywhere fucking near the price of entry.

Edit: Also actors who can't fucking be bothered to project, I guess.

Kafkaf posted...

(speaks foreign language) is the most aggravating thing ever

That's discrimination & prejudice against those of us who speak a foreign language.

R_Jackal posted...

Also actors who can't fucking be bothered to project, I guess.

Or Actors can learn to enuciate properly and not mumble their lines.

Soundmixing is terrible

Kamen_Rider_Blade posted...

Or Actors can learn to enuciate properly and not mumble their lines.

But from what was said on this video, that sounds natural. Apparently it's natural to have conversations with your mouth full of peanut butter on the regular if I were to judge from most movies.

I've been wanting to get a sound bar partly for the reason of increasing clarity of dialogue

R_Jackal posted...

But from what was said on this video, that sounds natural. Apparently it's natural to have conversations with your mouth full of peanut butter on the regular if I were to judge from most movies.

That doesn't sound natural to me.

That sounds like they're speaking with their mouth full instead of properly acting and speaking their lines clearly for the microphone to pick up.

1337toothbrush posted...

The bit about dynamic range is such bullshit. We don't need explosions to be ear-blastingly loud. It's okay to have less range between the two, we get the idea of the loudness of explosions without having our eardrums burst. Is it really worth it to have speech be so quiet just so you can contrast that with a massive explosion?

This. I fucking hate watching a show where the volume is at a reasonable level and then all the sudden I just woke up my neighbor's cat because terrorists blew up the Chrysler building or whatever the hell is going on in.

Like I feel like I legit cant watch half the action shows on Netflix without having my finger hovering over the volume button <_<

Modern sound mixing can go fuck itself. Quit trying to force this level of dynamic range on us. We don't want it

yeah im not a fan of such a huge dynamic range. i prefer listening at quieter volumes. last time i went to the theater (to watch avatar 2) i thought some parts were too damn loud.

on some audiophile forums there are people that want the peaks to hit up to 115 db in the bass (based on some THX reference level thing) and i just think that is crazy. rather have the vocals be easier to hear than have loud effects.

Ratchetrockon posted...

yeah im not a fan of such a huge dynamic range. i prefer listening at quieter volumes. last time i went to the theater (to watch avatar 2) i thought some parts were too damn loud.

on some audiophile forums there are people that want the peaks to hit up to 115 db in the bass (based on some THX reference level thing) and i just think that is crazy. rather have the vocals be easier to hear than have loud effects.

I'd rather have it be well balanced so that no one aspect is too over powering.

I remember thinking I was going deaf when watching Inception in theaters. Not sure if the speakers were shit or the movie just had awful sound mixing but I could hardly understand any of the dialogue