12 Apr
2011
12 Apr
'11
10:48 a.m.
On Tuesday 12 April 2011 10:13:26 Lorenzo Sutton wrote:
It occurs to me that I have noticed a similar effect,
but the other way
round, in some older films (especially older ones) which were dubbed to
Italian: when no one is speaking there is some background "noise" (e.g.
a street or simply some broadband signal), which dissapears when the
dubbed part comes in as if some kind of ducking was made. The
interesting thing is that the abrupt disappearing and reappearing of the
noise actually makes it more noticeable.
Sounds as if the dubbing happened on the final audio tracks. Normally film-
makers save the audio- and speech-tracks separately to switch the language.
But when the material is old and no one saved a "karaoke"-version, the only
chance is to do nice ducking. Or use subtitles and run it in "alternative"
cinemas:-)
Have fun,
Arnold