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Re: cars - As a car nerd, I very much enjoyed how Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016) subtly used the cars in the background to express the tone of the story arc.
No they aren't done any better either. Too many a couple years too new for the story or referred to with the wrong year/model. Or with modern wheels not available in the time etc etc.Are period cars and period clothes in movies better ? I think soo , but I’m not nerdy enough to recognise 1958 hub caps on a 1957 Oldsmobile .
On topic , placement of cheap consumer hifi in a pile in a corner seems rigth people did that . But high end hifi is more carefully deployed by its users
Now that you mention it......................I'll be kind and only mention two. Automatic transmission cars that have engine sounds like a manual shift during a chase. Tires squeals on dirt roads. I'll give you a pass on gun sounds (artillery, and naval guns too).Next, you guys will be complaining about us sound designers getting the sound of guns and car engines wrong .![]()
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Often for dramatic effect knowingly ,sound design is fun swords don't make that metallic shwiisch sound when drawn eitherNext, you guys will be complaining about us sound designers getting the sound of guns and car engines wrong .![]()
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One that bothered me recently. Watching the Netflix Docu-drama on Six Nations rugby (the 2025 version of the tourney starts today btw). They were showing closeups of play and tackles, collisions between players etc all had these fake exaggerated impact and swish sounds. Some were better done than others, and it was to indicate the physical nature of the play, but a bit more subtlety would have gone a long way here. It was so overblown it detracted from the show.Often for dramatic effect knowingly ,sound design is fun swords don't make that metallic shwiisch sound when drawn eitheror a that meaty punch when someone figths
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Tires squeals on dirt roads.
The components Bosch (Amazon series) baked in the sun in the glassy room come to mind, too....
How could we? In movies most is "wrong". Nothing looks like in the real world, the light, the colors, the textures, the people - nothing sounds right (tires, engines, guns, swords, voices, space....) and what happens is unreal most of the time, too.Next, you guys will be complaining about us sound designers getting the sound of guns and car engines wrong
Totally off topic, but if you're expecting to see France Wales tonight, you'll be disappointed. First match is tomorrow.One that bothered me recently. Watching the Netflix Docu-drama on Six Nations rugby (the 2025 version of the tourney starts today btw). They were showing closeups of play and tackles, collisions between players etc all had these fake exaggerated impact and swish sounds. Some were better done than others, and it was to indicate the physical nature of the play, but a bit more subtlety would have gone a long way here. It was so overblown it detracted from the show.
Theres nothing unusual about this. Callas received the Pioneer SA-508 for testing before its official release. It is a well-known factJust saw a trailer and promo pic for Angelina Jolie's Maria movie.
Being the HiFi nerd I am, I immediately saw a Pioneer SA-508 in the shot below:
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Service manual excerpt:
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The little 25wpc (FTC rated!) Pioneer SA-508 came to market in late 1979 and Maria Callas died two years before, September 16, 1977.![]()
The one in this photo?@mhardy6647 , what is your take on the TT?