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Why we all need subtitles now
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I watch a lot of movies and TV
on the train, at home
[overlapping] at the movies, while working out, while doing dishes
in the bath...
But no matter where I'm watching
I find myself constantly doing this one thing.
[unintelligible]
What?
[unintelligible]
[exhasperated sigh]
[unintelligible]
[exhasperated sigh]
[unintelligible]
Oh.
It turns out this isn't unusual.
We polled our YouTube audience
and about 57% of people said that they feel like
they can't understand the dialogue in the things that they watch
unless they're using subtitles.
But it feels like this hasn't always been the case.
So to figure out what was going on, I made a call.
Hi, my name is Austin Olivia Kendrick.
I am a professional dialogue editor for film and TV.
I basically perform audio surgery on actors words.
Do you watch with subtitles?
I–
I do, actually.
I do a lot of the time.
So...
Why do you think that we all feel like we need subtitles now?
I get asked this question all the time.
All the time.
It's something that is...
It doesn't have a simple, straightforward answer.
It's very layered and very complex.
And after talking to Austin for almost 2 hours, it's true.
It's a very layered and complex topic.
But everything kept pointing back to one main thing.
Technology that got us from this...
–I'll get you, my pretty. –You should be kissed and often.
No, Richard, no. What has happened...
To this.
Mom, I just woke up.
...little slim-waisted birdy...
[unintelligible]
Let's start with microphones.
I'm going to use this clip from "Singin in the Rain"
to show how mics used to work.
Here's the mic, you talk towards it.
The sound goes through the cable to the box.
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