Quote:
Originally Posted by issybird
I think a large part of the issue is the explosion in the popularity of audiobooks has resulted in too many narrators are just aren't all that good. However, I admit that many narrators I find dreadful get great reviews.
|
You actually just hate bad narrators. Years ago when audio books practically meant "books for the blind" the BBC did great book narration on R4, not just Book at bedtime.
Also a narrator has to have an appropriate voice and accent for the material.
Also I hate sound effects and music during the reading. I decided 30 years ago when doing recording that it didn't work. Even a lot of modern films now need subtitles (John Carter of Mars was terrible) and it's not my ears as the 1930s to 1980s ones on VHS and DVD are OK.
In other news the BBC R4 listenership has dramatically dropped because the BBC has lost the plot. So I don't know what it's like now despite I can get BBC R4 fine on a decent LW radio (and car radio) and satellite. I can listen to two of my satellite receivers on any FM receiver in house or garden.