Post by snsurone on Feb 16, 2019 16:53:02 GMT
I confess that it was fairly recently that certain sound effects were used to simulate such things as gun shots, explosions, and breaking glass.
It's no surprise that the sounds of guns and bombs were dubbed, otherwise there would be quite a number of deaf actors, LOL.
And windows in movies and TV shows were actually clear sugar candy (straight out of "Hansel and Gretel"), with the sound also dubbed in.
As a small child, I found the sight and sound of smashing glass and china to be extremely distressing.
Might be due to some traumatic effect in infancy that was suppressed in my subconscious; I'll never really know.
As for background music, it's invaluable for setting the moods for certain scenes on both films and TV.
In fact, two of my all time favorite movies, GWTW and BEN HUR, made brilliant use of background scores.
However, most B films made little, if any, use of either music or sound effects.
Case in point: TARZAN AND HIS MATE--IMO, the very best Tarzan movie.
But it was a B movie, and there was no background music at all except during the opening and closing credits.
One has to wonder if the picture might have been better with a score, especially during that "notorious" nude swimming scene (which I found quite boring).
What do my fellow poster think about this?
It's no surprise that the sounds of guns and bombs were dubbed, otherwise there would be quite a number of deaf actors, LOL.
And windows in movies and TV shows were actually clear sugar candy (straight out of "Hansel and Gretel"), with the sound also dubbed in.
As a small child, I found the sight and sound of smashing glass and china to be extremely distressing.
Might be due to some traumatic effect in infancy that was suppressed in my subconscious; I'll never really know.
As for background music, it's invaluable for setting the moods for certain scenes on both films and TV.
In fact, two of my all time favorite movies, GWTW and BEN HUR, made brilliant use of background scores.
However, most B films made little, if any, use of either music or sound effects.
Case in point: TARZAN AND HIS MATE--IMO, the very best Tarzan movie.
But it was a B movie, and there was no background music at all except during the opening and closing credits.
One has to wonder if the picture might have been better with a score, especially during that "notorious" nude swimming scene (which I found quite boring).
What do my fellow poster think about this?
