When Dubbing a Film into Another Language Has Been Done

question 3

Multiple Choice

When dubbing a film into another language has been done very well, the sound team has taken advantage of which aspect of speech perception?

• A) You cannot tell, just by looking, how rounded or spread a speaker's lips are held unless you have extensive familiarity with the speaker's face and lips.
• B) The McGurk effect works only for vowels, so the soundtrack has more influence than the video image.
• C) Viewers take pride in their own language, so they tend to "see" it in all actor speech, especially when the actor is attractive.
• D) Voicing and tongue gestures are barely visible, or are invisible, meaning that the actor's appearance is compatible with multiple phonemes.

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