Ed Mullen said:
dorayme wrote:
It's not a good analogy.
Depends on the point of the analogy. Travis continually looking
at websites at full screen is almost beyond belief when he has a
volume control to make the lines not so unreadably long. Make the
browser window less than 4 feet wide, Travis, and stop this
nonsense. Where are those blood pressure pills of mine?
The reason the volume is too loud is that it's
not a volume issue, [.., otherwise interesting
things about audio/tv production snipped...]
You are presuming flattering things, Ed, about me. I am not a
normal person. I often wear earplugs in theatre movies, taking
them in and out as the passages vary. I am even designing a
special headset that has shutter like controls on the openings
near the ear - anyone wanna invest, send $10.
It is true that, with me at least, it is not just a volume issue.
For me it is often an aesthetic issue. Huge quantities of
violence, people getting on very badly all the time, absurdly
unrelated music are not anything the authors can be asked to
provide defences against with technical procedures. It would be
like asking a serial killer to administer expert first aid to his
victims.
If the loud passages had a real point in a film that had a point,
I have been known not to need any assistance. The point is that
if it bothers particular people, it is they that must do
something about it.
If it is something likely to annoy more than the odd visiting
disgustingly cowardly martian, then yes, the author of the film
might well consider what he can do to stop annoying the shit out
his audience. That is where em widthing, max-widthing and other
technical solutions come in. This is where design comes in, where
technical wizardry is not even needed to save the day.
But you see, although Travis has this line of everything is cool,
horses for courses, this captialist world is the best possible of
all worlds, everyone relax, and all that stuff, he is the first
to squeal if he actually has to reach for his remote control next
to the chips and cookies on the table near the couch, never mind
the actual volume control on the set 5 feet away.
That's funny, my blood pressure just subsided. I have a readout
on the inside of my brow. Must be catharsis.