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11:03 pm
January 26, 2011
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Axel Olrik
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Post edited 11:04 pm – January 26, 2011 by Axel Olrik
I started watching GH a couple seasons in; but it did seem that early on one could actually hear the background sounds they were reacting to. At some point the background music and sound effects came in and basically drowned out all ambient noises.
Is anyone aware at what point the change took place and if it corresponds with any other changes in investigative techniques or ratcheting up of paranormal claims?
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12:41 am
January 27, 2011
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Learjet
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The music has been there from day 1.
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4:36 am
January 27, 2011
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Axel Olrik
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Are you sure? Because I distinctly remember commenting to someone about how annoying it was that they had started interfering with the sounds. Just as something was about to happen the music would start to build and when they were about to hear something you would hear, dum, dum dum and bang! just as they were saying "what was that?"; where earlier you might have music, but not the masking of the actual sounds they were reacting to.
I really thought that was something that became increasingly distressing as the show progressed….
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7:34 am
January 27, 2011
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Learjet
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At one point it was incredibly loud and obnoxious. Then they toned it down, just a bit. But it's always been there to some degree.
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10:02 am
January 27, 2011
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Nosfer
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Check out Altoona, their very first episode. Steve and Brian are doing an "EVP" Session. A question is asked, an annoying grating background noise cues up and over everything else.
Many complaints were made during the early days, Jason promised that in the next season it would be less but I never really noticed it going down to a tolerable level so YES, the noise has always been there. It wasn't as often in some of the earlier episodes because there was a lot of filler footage of barbecues and music sessions to show the personal lives of the investigators and their families and such scenes didn't need the suspense that the actual investigation scenes did so the music wasn't present there. But during the "hunts" YES.
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1:52 pm
January 27, 2011
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Revenant
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Nosfer said:
Many complaints were made during the early days, Jason promised that in the next season it would be less but I never really noticed it going down to a tolerable level so YES, the noise has always been there. It wasn't as often in some of the earlier episodes because there was a lot of filler footage of barbecues and music sessions to show the personal lives of the investigators and their families and such scenes didn't need the suspense that the actual investigation scenes did so the music wasn't present there. But during the "hunts" YES.
Yes, this is a nice observation. The actual "hunts" were shorter so they had more time for "me and Grant talkin' to the guys by the TAPS trailer." Less air time for investigations…less music…so the perception is that the music wasn't that prevalent back then. Makes sense. Again, nice observation there…
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6:30 pm
January 27, 2011
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Axel Olrik
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A nice and undoubtedly accurate observation.
But it totally undermines my conspiracy theory about Evil Pilgrim destroying the Golden Age of Ghost Hunters…and moribund Jason's eventual return as the Once and Future King of Paranormal Investigation.
Sigh.
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11:02 pm
January 27, 2011
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Axel Olrik
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I decided to do due diligence and look at the Altoona episode, even purchasing the first season DVD at Amazon if necessary…and I found this…
Jay and Grant as authors of young adult paranormal fiction…. or not.
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Hu…..D58E60WZ1P
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9:48 am
January 28, 2011
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Nosfer
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Axel Olrik said:
I decided to do due diligence and look at the Altoona episode, even purchasing the first season DVD at Amazon if necessary…and I found this…
Jay and Grant as authors of young adult paranormal fiction…. or not.
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Hu…..D58E60WZ1P
(Surprised) or not? I'm going with "or not":
http://www.skepticalviewer.com…..rens-book/
What did your due diligence turn up? And if you're not going to trust the responses here, that's fine, a good skeptic probably SHOULD go to the source for verification…but then why ask here at all? Why not check out the first episode for yourself beforehand? I assume by now your investigations took you to youtube…cheaper than a First Season set of DVDs.
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10:05 am
January 28, 2011
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Axel Olrik
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Well, I was pretty sure about it….but I think I now may have been misled by watching them somewhat out of sequence. I do remember that at some point it became unbearable, which Learjet confirms. I was assuming that I had become inured to it overtime, not that it had gone from bad to worse to bad again.
Secondly, the sound quality on my computer is not good and I find YouTube's audio difficult to interpret in terms of how the original TV broadcasts sound.
All in all why I appreciate having the reasoned opinions of others to bounce off of.
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6:06 pm
January 28, 2011
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Oubliette
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Can't help thinking that the music is used to cover something we aren't supposed to hear. But then, that's something that can be edited out.
Guess it's supposed to set the mood. It sure does. Makes me even angrier that the audience can't hear what they are supposed to be hearing because of that $%&** music!
As far as Jay and Grant being authors, IMO they would have trouble pushing a noun against a verb. I'm sure they use ghost writers. Wasn't intended as a pun, but it did come out that way!
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If 50 million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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5:37 pm
January 29, 2011
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CrowTRobot
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Oubliette said:
. I'm sure they use ghost writers. Wasn't intended as a pun, but it did come out that way!
I'd have claimed it anyway…
The music: I'm sure it's suppose to supply 'atmosphere' but I've always thought the anticipation (I know, but just go with me on this one.) of hearing something would be more fun than movie-inspired background sounds.
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12:55 pm
January 30, 2011
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Axel Olrik
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It wouldn't be so bad if it were just a little lead-up music….but the crescendo just as the sound is "heard" is infuriating. Like Oubliette says, it seems intended to cover up something…my suspicion is that the "something" is "nothing", as in there is no voice, footstep, or music to be heard, or just normal old house sounds that would quickly be dismissed by a critical audience.
I too, CrowTRobot, would prefer no music, but just a little restraint would go a long way in increasing credibility, deserved or not.
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