Audio in videos- How important is it to have sound?

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yyy02 wrote: Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:14 pm Just some further thoughts on the whole “audio for bdsm clips”.

Do you guys remember this series of videos?
I think they were called “History of Pain” or somesuch, not to be confused with the Lomp offerings. The actresses were all nice, model types, the bondage was tight, and the lighting was very dark.
But the thing I most remember was that the vocalizations were very restrained, to the point where I wondered if the actresses were specifically told not to vocalize too loudly?
It was "History of Torture", and I think it was a German company that put it out. I only recall one video that had any sort of speaking role, and it was in German ("Law and Order" and its sequel). The site used models from a variety of different countries, so to avoid complications with language, the speaking was kept to a minimum and the models told to act with expressions and body language. The models were all hot and very attractive. Some turned up in supporting roles in the Bound Heat films, particularly in the early days. None of the tortures were fake, but none of the tortures left visible lasting marks, either. I thought that gave it an air of authenticity that I liked; hard, but not too hard. Give her an hour and the GIMP would be ready for another go.

Nowadays, the customs I write and finance with Cruel World are all in Russian, which I don't speak, so I don't know what they're saying anyway. But it is nice to hear the rattle of chains and the yelps of the victims when the pain is applied.
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Here's a short clip I extracted from History Torture #7 - Spirit of emotion
Nothing wrong with sound in this one if you ask me ;)

https://motherless.com/6B8192A


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skullchaser wrote: Tue Feb 24, 2026 3:15 pm
It was "History of Torture", and I think it was a German company that put it out. I only recall one video that had any sort of speaking role, and it was in German ("Law and Order" and its sequel). The site used models from a variety of different countries, so to avoid complications with language, the speaking was kept to a minimum and the models told to act with expressions and body language. The models were all hot and very attractive. Some turned up in supporting roles in the Bound Heat films, particularly in the early days. None of the tortures were fake, but none of the tortures left visible lasting marks, either. I thought that gave it an air of authenticity that I liked; hard, but not too hard. Give her an hour and the GIMP would be ready for another go.

Nowadays, the customs I write and finance with Cruel World are all in Russian, which I don't speak, so I don't know what they're saying anyway. But it is nice to hear the rattle of chains and the yelps of the victims when the pain is applied.
I used to have quite a number of their videos. Visually I liked them a lot, but as others noted the vocal reactions were almost non-existent in most of them which really put me off.
I prefer videos with very minimal spoken dialog and actually prefer videos like Cruel World where the voice acting quality (which is usually poor in these videos) does not matter since I can't understand the words.
BUT, I really like strong vocal reactions; some of my favorite Cruel World and Elite Pain videos are the ones where the victim screams loudly. The lack of that really put me off in the History of Torture videos. I recall hearing traffic noises in the background in some of them - I am guessing that they did not want to risk having a passerby call the police?
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BobDarkroom wrote: Wed Feb 25, 2026 3:31 am Here's a short clip I extracted from History Torture #7 - Spirit of emotion
Nothing wrong with sound in this one if you ask me ;)

https://motherless.com/6B8192A
The sound is okay in this one.
But with all due respect, with this clip "okay" describes more the overall audio level rather than the actress emoting. She's very hot, btw.
Didn't care for the clothespins, loved the menace of the lit candles.
And the sound of the whip "slashes" seem flown in (put there in post).
I agree with Gray8059, the videos by this studio could have been so much more. A shame.

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BobDarkroom wrote: Wed Feb 25, 2026 3:31 am Here's a short clip I extracted from History Torture #7 - Spirit of emotion
Nothing wrong with sound in this one if you ask me ;)

https://motherless.com/6B8192A
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cluseb wrote: Sun Sep 15, 2024 11:54 pm I make films, I put up 3 episodes totaling 1.5 hours of situational torture porn, the last half hour is stuck on my hard drive cause I'm not satisfied with the sound track. For 2 years some of the best video I ever made is unpublished cause I can't get the audio right.
Here's a link to part 1,
Tell me the soundtrack doesn't make the film.

https://www.moviefap.com/videos/b6c23bb ... one.html?a

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. . . OMG What a terrible fate awaits them! . . . soundz good too . . . tanx 4 share . . .
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Good audio enhances the visuals, bad audio kills it. So, silent/ music only video is happy in between.
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bakerboy wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 4:53 am Good audio enhances the visuals, bad audio kills it. So, silent/ music only video is happy in between.
I loved it when ZFX did sinister, brooding monotone synthesizers as a background for their films. So different than "porn pop". Probably cheap, too. :mrgreen:
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Good audio is important. Watching a bdsm video without sound is like watching an opera without the music. I love the sound of a cracking whip on bare flesh mans or womens.
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Laura wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 1:22 pm Good audio is important. Watching a bdsm video without sound is like watching an opera without the music. I love the sound of a cracking whip on bare flesh mans or womens.

Unfortunately these mostly do not exist, except some real vids.
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