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In Reply to: Are movies too loud?... posted by millen on February 8, 2005 at 12:19:47:
I believe that there has been a movement over the last five years or so by theater owners to lower the levels due to viewer complaints. The trailers in particular were getting out of hand and a woman I was dating at the time frequently covered her ears.As for the codecs themselves, I would think that surround sound does not require louder levels, more the opposite since they are directional and clearer. In theaters, SONY's SSDS (the eight channel version in particular) is the best, followed by DTS EX and then Dolby Digital EX
Examples of really loud films are "Backdraft" and "Master and Commander". The quietest film I can recall is "The Bridges of Madison County" and it has one of the best soundtracks ever.
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it's mostly been a problem with trailers. I think that the movies are calibrated to roughly 75db or maybe it's 85db, but those trailers are off the chart. As I was leaving the biz, the word was out to the film companies to lower the volume on the trailers, but I don't know if they've actually done anything.Ever notice that your TV commercials are significantly louder than the regular programming?
Same difference.
Laters, Chris
...it's the ONLY. The others are digi-edgy. Well, actually, Dolby can be dull, alternately.clark
It's too bad that they don't have a home version.
I believe it is not permissible for the theaters to turn the volume down, as Dolby license requires a particular reference level. I suspect some theaters do, though, as those levels can get truly idiotic.Why idiots mix the sound with the level they do is another question. They don't have to, but they want to. Dolby is not responsible for that. I suspect the movie makers do what they believe will please the majority of the auience - teens making out in the last row don't mind loud sounds.
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