I promise it’s not your ears.
Over the past few years, it seems that dialogue in films has gotten harder and harder to hear. There are times that I miss a few words in the middle of a sentence or an entire conversation because it was muffled by a mask or the sound just wasn’t audible.
When I am home, I can turn on the subtitles to avoid missing any major plot points, but in the theaters, I sit there trying to piece together parts of the plot that I missed.
I’m not the only one experiencing this issue. Not being able to hear the dialogue has changed the movie-going experience for many, and this lack of understanding has sparked a conversation in the filmmaker community.
Recently, Ben Pearson spoke with several professional sound editors, designers, and mixers that have worked on Hollywood’s biggest films to get to the root of the problem, narrowing the issue down to these distinct reasons.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
