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[deleted] OP t1_ixzq9jw wrote

Reply to comment by SimoneToastCrunch in What is a visual/audio resource that movies keep using even though it doesn't make sense today? by [deleted]

That's a good one. I've heard it so many times I wouldn't even realize modern microphones don't work like that.

It's somewhat similar to the "scratch noise" when the screen freezes. Young people have usually never used a disc player so that sound doesn't actually mean anything for them.

Or modern cartoons using the "1930s cashing machine" sound effect when someone sees money. Again, people watching the originals in the 30s knew what that sound was but nowadays most people don't really associate that with anything they experience outside the show.

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PM_ur_Rump t1_ixztz9h wrote

>I wouldn't even realize modern microphones don't work like that.

They...do.

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nur5e t1_ixzyn4q wrote

I don’t get why he thinks people are stupid enough to believe that lie. He must work in Hollywood. They hate us so much and think we are all stupid.

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orangemaroon25 t1_iy0itmr wrote

Microphone feedback is totally still a thing.

Everyone knows what the cash register sound is.

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corpus-luteum t1_iy6iv70 wrote

Those sounds have become tools of artistic symbolism, they're as important as Hieroglyphics

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