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Sound at the Movies

Take a moment to reflect over your experience of sound at the movies. What are 2 things things that you notice about the sound in modern hollywood movies? What is the first film that made you think about the sound of the film? What interested you? The sound effects? The sound track? The dialog? Why?

Sound in modern hollywood movies has very high quality. The way things are recorded can change the perspectives to match what is on screen For example, a car is speeding from the left side of the screen to the right side of the screen. The audio would sound far away in the speaker on the left and as the car gets closer, the noise gets louder and gradually starts to play in the speaker on the right. I can't think of a specific movie that made me think about the sound of the film. However, when I think of sound in any sort of film, I think of the ASMR trend where people get super close to microphones and record noises that they find satisfying. I also know that occasionally, celery is used to make the sound of a bone breaking and jello was used for the sound of E.T. walking. 

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