Good morning. It’s February 23rd, 2017. It’s been exactly four years since my favorite tech video was uploaded to YouTube and I don’t think I have been able to properly capture the relatability, authenticity, and pacifying feeling with sound in my own videos — especially a tech review. The audibility of “Booting up my old computer” is something I still learn from. Everything in the world makes noise, and consumer technology is no exception.
The video opens by zooming out from the vlogger’s fruit cocktail. A spoon hits the bowl in stereo, setting the stage for realism and immersion. We cut to the review boldly, yet calmly establishing the stakes in confident monotone. Files were deleted off his new computer when it was reformatted, and...
via The Verge
