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  • "Space Dive" - music [and pic. black hole]

    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 26 23:26:51 2024
    I've just watched (BBC4, March 26) the prog. about the attempt to beat
    the high-dive record - basically jumping from space, many miles up.

    For once, it was well made - no fake re-dramatisations, no leaping
    around all over the place. I would have really enjoyed it, but for ...

    ... the music. They say if you are _aware_ of music, it's wrong - well,
    I definitely was, from fairly near the start. Especially long strings
    notes.

    I'm sure it's difficult - once someone like me is sensitised to it, I
    hear it, however subtle it is. But it definitely spoiled it for me.

    [Now the following prog. - taking a picture of a black hole - again, I'm
    aware of almost-constant (and thus irritating) music.]
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it. ~ Julie Andrews

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  • From Smolley@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Wed Jun 5 14:36:16 2024
    On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:26:51 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    I've just watched (BBC4, March 26) the prog. about the attempt to beat
    the high-dive record - basically jumping from space, many miles up.

    For once, it was well made - no fake re-dramatisations, no leaping
    around all over the place. I would have really enjoyed it, but for ...

    ... the music. They say if you are _aware_ of music, it's wrong - well,
    I definitely was, from fairly near the start. Especially long strings
    notes.

    I'm sure it's difficult - once someone like me is sensitised to it, I
    hear it, however subtle it is. But it definitely spoiled it for me.

    [Now the following prog. - taking a picture of a black hole - again, I'm aware of almost-constant (and thus irritating) music.]

    I use subtitles now with no sound, also some narrators on crime programmes are patronising with silly
    accents.

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to Smolley on Wed Jun 5 16:15:19 2024
    In message <v3pt50$10iin$1@dont-email.me> at Wed, 5 Jun 2024 14:36:16,
    Smolley <me@rest.uk> writes
    On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:26:51 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    I've just watched (BBC4, March 26) the prog. about the attempt to beat
    the high-dive record - basically jumping from space, many miles up.

    For once, it was well made - no fake re-dramatisations, no leaping
    around all over the place. I would have really enjoyed it, but for ...

    ... the music. They say if you are _aware_ of music, it's wrong - well,
    I definitely was, from fairly near the start. Especially long strings
    notes.

    I'm sure it's difficult - once someone like me is sensitised to it, I
    hear it, however subtle it is. But it definitely spoiled it for me.

    [Now the following prog. - taking a picture of a black hole - again, I'm
    aware of almost-constant (and thus irritating) music.]

    I use subtitles now with no sound, also some narrators on crime
    programmes are patronising with silly
    accents.

    I use subtitles too, but also audio description when available - I don't
    have to concentrate as much.

    I definitely agree with you about crime programme narrators - certainly
    the type using mostly dashcam footage; definitely irritatingly snarky,
    all too often (and endlessly repetitive: they show the same shot
    multiple times, often _without_ slowing down [so you can see what
    actually happened] or cutting off too soon).
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Wed Jun 5 19:27:30 2024
    J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

    I've just watched (BBC4, March 26) the prog. about the attempt to beat
    the high-dive record - basically jumping from space, many miles up.

    For once, it was well made - no fake re-dramatisations, no leaping
    around all over the place. I would have really enjoyed it, but for ...

    ... the music. They say if you are _aware_ of music, it's wrong - well,
    I definitely was, from fairly near the start. Especially long strings
    notes.

    I'm sure it's difficult - once someone like me is sensitised to it, I
    hear it, however subtle it is. But it definitely spoiled it for me.

    [Now the following prog. - taking a picture of a black hole - again, I'm aware of almost-constant (and thus irritating) music.]


    It's a constant background to every radio documentary too. The
    producers seem to think that because there is a music track on the
    editing program, it has to be filled at all times. I have switched off
    dozens of potentially interesting documentaries after the first couple
    of minutes because the constant bombardment of music and sound effects
    made it impossible to concentrate on the dialogue.


    --
    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
    www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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