With so many ways to watch and listen to media these days, it seems like a good idea to try a little experiment. The challenge is to watch anything you want, TV show, movie, music video, on any kind of device but do it with the sound off, then switch it up, and only listen without looking. I chose the Today Show on NBC.
First I turned away from the television and listened to the audio only. I found I was a little disengaged. Sometimes the reporter’s voice sounded monotonous and I barely registered what he was saying. The next section was very excitable and upbeat but it came out like jumbled noise to me. At times there were two people talking at once which was confusing. In covering the upcoming World Series game, the coverage was an excitable, frenzied mess! The whole thing was just a bunch of noise for me.
Next I turned down the sound and watched the show. That was the better choice for me. The colors were so vibrant that even the commercials were fun to watch. And if I was concerned about missing any information, there was no problem. Graphics during the Today Show and on the commercials explained pretty much everything I needed to know. In fact, in a spot for a new kids movie, during the entire thirty seconds, there was a title at the top of the screen with the name of the movie, TROLLS, and the opening date, Nov. 4. I was much more taken by the colorful images without sound than listening to the sound without visual images.
In my experiment I found that television is much more enjoyable with the sound off. I suspect I might feel differently if I had chosen a music video or a movie, but I’ll save that experiment for another day.
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