Sound track first went to pot in Charlie Wilson's War some years ago. They have not improved since. Major beef, you cannot understand the dialogue. Been a lot of movies and TV shows suffering from the curse of the sound man since Charlie Wilson's War.
It is not hearing loss with age. I have no trouble hearing the dialogue on news shows and classic movies. I have a collection of classic Hollywood movies, going back to Casablanca. The dialogue in them comes thru clear as a bell.
Some things any apprentice sound man ought to know.
1. Don't mix the score or the soundtrack over the dialogue. Mute everything but the dialogue when the actors are speaking.
2. Place the mikes in front of and close to the actors mouths. How you hide than from the camera is your problem, not mine.
3. Actors must speak up. Don't speak in stage whispers. Speak as if you were acting in live theater and your words must make it to the last row in the back of the theater.
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