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Elimination/editing of ambient sounds
felonius_monk's recent post on Britin got me thinking about that scene, and brought back to mind something I had noticed years ago, but never discussed online.

It always bummed me out that they edited out many of the ambient sounds in the scene inside Britin.

They completely eliminated the sounds of the floorboards squeaking as Gale and Randy walked around the room. They were there in the screener, but gone from the aired version. The most obvious ones were when Brian walks toward Justin right after saying "to prove to the person that I love how much I love him" before he says "that I would give him anything..."

They also significantly lowered the volume of (well, basically eliminated) the lovely crackling sounds emanating from the fire.

I thought it was a shame that they did this -- obviously with the intent of not distracting from Brian and Justin -- because to me those sounds had added character, charm, and romance to the scene without detracting at all from the dialogue.

What do you guys think of that?
Have you ever noticed them having done that in other scenes? And if so, to good or bad effect?