In Reply to: How important is it? posted by neillipes628 on January 30, 2013 at 07:37:38:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Audio cues are more important than visual cues in influencing how the audience responds to film. If you've watched a horror sequence with and without the audio, you know what I mean. Or watch it with circus music in the background and see how scary it is.
Audio and motion picture go hand-in-hand. Films like Master and Commander--where the audio, more than the video, makes you feel like you're on a ship--and Babel--which has a compelling soundtrack--suck you in by virtue of the audio cues alone.
This is why I'm amazed that so many audiophiles who come to this site say they don't care about the sound quality of their home theater system.
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- More important than the imagery in terms of manipulating the audience - Jazz Inmate 15:06:48 01/30/13 (1)
- RE: More important than the imagery in terms of manipulating the audience - neillipes628 16:46:59 01/30/13 (0)