Thursday, December 28, 2023

Mumbling actors, bad speakers or lazy listeners? Why everyone is watching TV with subtitles on | Television | The Guardian

Mumbling actors, bad speakers or lazy listeners? Why everyone is watching TV with subtitles on | Television | The Guardian
"Subtitles aren’t just for the hard of hearing, with Netflix reporting 40% of its viewers regularly use them.
But do we just enjoy them or is there a more annoying reason?...
But if you’re switching subtitles on because you simply can’t make out what the actors are saying, it’s (probably) not your ears that are to blame. 
Hard-to-hear dialogue is a known issue in the industry...
  • The problem starts on the movie set. In decades past, actors had to project loudly towards a fixed microphone. The advent of portable mics has allowed a shift towards a more intimate and naturalistic style of performance, where actors can speak more softly – or, some might say, mumble.
  • It’s an approach to acting Sics says has been around for a long time now, but something he’s certainly noticed more in younger performers...

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