True percentage of audio? 50% 70%??

[Chadfish]

I don't think the disucssion was remotely in the direction of using 'what would I live with, if I had to lose either sight or sound'.

I see the discussion of the evaluation of the weight one puts on sight or sound.

Everything I said relates to the discussion thank you. "If I had to lose either sight or sound" completely relates to "the evaluation of the weight one puts on sight or sound".

 

[MattinSTL]

I'll be honest and say that if I had to chose between losing sight or sound... it's the easiest no-brainer in the history of no-brainers... I'd WAY rather SEE then HEAR!

No doubt!

If the choice is vision or hearing? No doubt.

Of course... this IS an AUDIO forum... and we're talking about the importance of sound in movies.

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

I'll be honest and say that if I had to chose between losing sight or sound... it's the easiest no-brainer in the history of no-brainers... I'd WAY rather SEE then HEAR!

No doubt!

If the choice is vision or hearing? No doubt.

Of course... this IS an AUDIO forum... and we're talking about the importance of sound in movies.

The Wife was influenced in the 80's by Nam June Paik, and did a number of video installations for her undergrad work. All of them had audio elements... just she'd have to ask me if it was too loud or too soft...

Completely deaf people put speakers face down on the floor to pick up the vibration for dancing...

 

[unclebob6958]

A story just for fun...

I saw George Thorogood in the late 70's. There was a guy who had his entire body practically inside one of the PA bins during the set, and the PA was ridiculously loud. I went backstage after the show (I was friends with the warm-up act) where PA Guy and his buddy were waiting to talk to Thorogood. They somehow managed to get Thorogoods attention and PA Guys friend explained to Thorogood that PA Guy was totally deaf, but that George and the Destroyers were the best band PA Guy had ever felt.

 

[MattinSTL]

The Wife was influenced in the 80's by Nam June Paik, and did a number of video installations for her undergrad work. All of them had audio elements... just she'd have to ask me if it was too loud or too soft...

Completely deaf people put speakers face down on the floor to pick up the vibration for dancing...

I can sympathize with your wife's situation sir... and when we discuss percentage of the movie experience I think your life experience and mine may skew our value judgments in different directions.

If the debate were vision or sound I think everybody here agrees it's a simple choice. Be thankful you can SEE... If that were the debate, my only point to win in favor of vision would be that vision equals freedom. In addition, vision gives us the ability to perceive beauty... and it just happens that our sense of sight is the most evolved system, capable of processing the largest amount of complex information.

My enthusiasm for sound (and the others in this thread/forum) is about appreciating an element of production that's capable of enhancing the emotional experience as well as the illusion of reality. For many, the inherent (there's that word again) ability of sound to be reproduced with such convincing reality as to RAISE the perceived reality of a VIEWED event... is what earns it's high "percentage rating" for productions in this discussion.

But hey, just so you know... I've always noticed that if I lightly hold an empty foam cup I can feel a person's voice in my hands. I think if I were in your situation that I would also find ways for my wife to enjoy a deeper perception of sound then her ears alone may allow... You've now got me curious about a whole new discussion on this issue... that I'd be happy to continue in PM's if you like... but all I can tell you is I hope you've discovered styrofoam. There are a lot of ways you can turn sound into a highly sensory experience.