Re: Dolby 7. Is everybody mixing at this level?
I can pretty much guarantee you will go INSANE chasing the habits of commercial exhibitors. Standards are just that - a tool for professionals to mindlessly follow so they can sleep at night. Dub for the premier (the people that hire you and might in the future) and the Academy and let the great unwashed fend for themselves. Many chains are getting better and better but "Podunk" will always be "Podunk."
That's my snotty take and I'm sticking to it.
BTW I once got up in a theater in NY because the entire left side was out and dialog was in 20% distortion and my family was pissed because I was interrupting and ruining a movie they wanted to see. So much for the value of my life's work.
Bob Schaper
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