Another break from subbing and a quick discussion. As usual, what I say is never an offense
Here goes... as good as JAV is, lot of it directors and crews need a refresher course on filmmaking 101.
I don't mean the story or the acting, but I'm talking about some aspects of production.
I mean audio aspect. I think it's fair to criticize this area. My reason is... if you're going to write dialog for you actresses or actors to recite, then the audience should be able to hear it 80% of the time. With today tech and equipment,, that number should be 100% of the time imo
IF you're paying extras(not all work free or with a company) some are actually paid extras. Anyways.... if their being paid at least add a small mic because they do interact with the main cast on many occasion.
Here's the difference with western porn vs jav background noise. Have you listen? Western- it's mostly out of context or just silly. No real dialog.
JAV- mostly within context and of substance. Real dialog.
***NOT everything has to be understood. I've seen plenty of JAV that had background noise of nonsense chattering. But those scenes didn't interrupt.
I'm talking about actual dialog in the scenes. For example, I'm doing a subbed of an office scene. The female coworker(actor/extra) has dialog with the main actress throughout the movie. Why can I only hear her(actor/extra) 50% of the time? And she's sitting close to the main actress?
Also, I know some actresses talk quietly. It's annoying because the same actress is loud AF in her sex scenes with "kimochi, sugoi" and moaning
In that case, the director should tell them to speak clearly(louder) or get the boom mic.
I know it's porn, BUT JAV is more about story, combine with sex. If this was regular western porn with no story I wouldn't care.
Speaking of which, western porn sound quality is quite good. Too bad their stories suck
European porn is quite good too. I might need to start subbing some Italian porn in the future hahaha
Time to wrap up my rant. I will say there are ways to capture good sound quality and have been for ages.
Mostly used in videos and films, even to this day is.. the boom mic.
***It a long stick with a mic on the end. It capture the audio and not disturb the scene and the acting.
Perhaps, a crew member is too busy jerking off and don't want to hold it lol
or the director is too focus on the "mood and style" of the movie?
Some directors give you a perfect balance of audio, video, and story. Rare these days, even for JAV. Because most stuff is recycle storylines.
I'm convince no one in JAV uses the boom mic anymore. And I think its a crucial piece of filmmaking, no matter how big or small the budget.
Again, it might not seem important, but if you're going to have dialog in your movie, then pull out the boom mic so we can hear it clearly.
Having the cameras shove in the actresses faces shouldn't be your only source for capturing audio in your movies.
Ok my boring rant is over hahaha Thanks for reading.