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    Background music on TV.

    For i don't know how long me and hubby have been complaining about background music on TV.
    Sometimes it is so loud,you can't hear the dialogue. Thank goodness for subtitles.
    But, some of the programmes we watch, don't have any subtitles. I know on some TV's you can adjust your speaker settings,
    so i think we will have to look into this.
    Last night, i was reading an article in the latest Yours magazine,about this problem, so i know it isn't just us.
    I suppose some music is needed, but please not so loud.
    Sometimes I forget to like posts,but that doesn't mean I don't like them.
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    Your so right Nanto some things just don't warrant background music at all so why put it there and as you say so loudly
    Im not fat just 6ft too small
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      Loud sound effects (you can't always call it music) are my pet hate. I watch very little tv, and it's partly because i can't stand all those whooshing, thumping and banging noises, or the loud music. Surely the point of dialogue is that the viewer can hear it!!! I also hate they way the BBC read the news headlines accompanied by bonging noises. Why!!! Grrrrrr .....

      I heard a producer being interviewed about this very thing a couple of weeks ago in response to complaints about the muttered, mumbled speech on a particular new drama series. She actually said if the actor chooses to deliver the lines that way that is their artistic interpretation and it can't be interfered with. So what do Directors do if they can't direct the cast. What a load of rubbish!
      "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

      (Marianne Williamson)
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        It might be their artistic interpretation, but to appreciate it we still ave to hear it, it isn't for their benefit.
        What is life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare
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          #5
          Yes, overloud music followed by too quiet, often mumbled dialogue is one of my bugbears too!
          “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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            I can't believe we GRUS-ers are the only ones who hate the loud music and mumbled speech. Why do the TV Producers think they know what's good for us! Where's the off switch?
            "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

            (Marianne Williamson)
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              #7
              I noticed a long time ago American films seem to start with all this mumbling malarkey, I first noticed while watching ET Go Home ( hated the film by the way) and that was back in the 80s.
              The BBC seems to do it a lot now but if I am watching on other channels I have to rush for the remote as the ads seem to be broadcast in mega volume . If that horrible Cillit Bang ad with Barry Scott comes on it is unbearable
              Bring me sunshine in your smile.
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                Another thing that makes me turn off is when a film or programme is shot in the dark I hate having to squint to see who's talking GRRR
                Im not fat just 6ft too small
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                  Oh me too Oma!!!!

                  Years ago my husband was a theatre lighting designer. I always complained to him bitterly if I saw a production I thought was too dark. He told me it was atmospheric
                  “A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
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                    A friend of our used to be a sound engineer with the BBC. He says now sound is often left to the cameraman or a production assistant rather than a sound engineer.
                    "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

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                      Originally posted by Gemini View Post
                      Oh me too Oma!!!!

                      Years ago my husband was a theatre lighting designer. I always complained to him bitterly if I saw a production I thought was too dark. He told me it was atmospheric
                      OH always calls it "Blackout in technicolor "
                      Bring me sunshine in your smile.
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                        So glad it's not just us! Also the sound doesn't seem consistent, we're always turning the volume up and down like a yoyo
                        "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." - Dr Seuss
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