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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 05-13-2017 09:40 AM
quote: Leo Enticknap
probably around 80% of the movies shown in mainstream British cinemas are from Hollywood, British audiences grow up hearing US English dialect and accents, and quickly get used to them.
quote: Steve Guttag
Oh...I dunno the US accents can get very thick and change pretty heavily with a relatively short drive. The "southern accent" is not one unified one, by any stretch. A Tennessee accent is much thicker than a Carolina one and Mississippi is dramatically different too and within a state it can vary quite a bit. In the New England area again there isn't a unified accent either.
Points taken and agreed. However, the point I was making is that in a cinema where mainly art/foreign/independent films are shown, you have a more common occurrence of dialogue with accents and dialects that the audience might or might not be familiar with.
Even though you have to have good dialogue intelligibility in all cinemas, an art house should pay even more attention to it.
Some of you guys are familiar with the crazy conditions (management) that I used to work under and the things I used to go through just to get a movie to look and sound right. Through all of those troubled times, one theme stood out... Dialogue.
It was partly because of the design of the house and the management's unwillingness to spend the money that was necessary to do things right. It was partly because of the content and it was partly due to the demographics of the audience. (Senior citizens.)
I certainly hope Andy's job isn't as crazy as mine was but I do advise that, when designing a new sound system, good dialogue should be at or near the top of his list of priorities.
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Andy Frodsham
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From: Stoke on Trent, Staffs, UK
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted 05-15-2017 05:51 AM
I don't think we will be installing anything more ambitious than 7.1 for the foreseeable future, so I think more elaborate audio processors may be out of the question.
I personally favour staying with the DCA amp line. we don't really have any need to site any amps remotely and the practicalities of doing so in this dual usage location (lecture theatre and cinema) might prove difficult.
Additionally, I like the idea of being able to re-route any amps physically rather than delving into various menus and submenus on a laptop.
For those that asked, are current gear (apart from the CP750) comprises: a Dolby DSS220 server with Dolby IMB 745 and Barco DP2K-12C projector. Are amps (all DCA 1622's) feed a mix of second hand screen speakers and new JBL Control 20 surrounds!
We generally play our sound at 4.1 to 4.4. A setting of 3.8 for Indian films is usually more than adequate!
Annli, yes we did indeed screen BAAHUBALI 2! Didn't seem particularly louder than any other Indian productions, but, as usual, I was aware that our old loudspeakers were complaining!
Very many thanks, as ever, for all your replies.
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