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It has happened. The lovely lead of the film has realized that he has made a mistake. Of course he can’t live without her, what was he thinking?! He has to go to her before she goes back to the Big City and confesses his feelings.
He runs, the music swells, and, of course, it starts to rain.
Not the rain we know, though. It’s loud, it sounds almost comforting. The character is not angry or muttering expletives under their breath, they are in LOVE and the heavy, noisy rain only enhances their feelings.
But, why does that rain sound therefore good? Why does the rain where I live just sound pretty boring? Is this just another unrealistic expectation set by the film industry?
Well, sort of. You can recreate it at home but you won’t need any water and it probably won’t feel as cozy.
It might be delicious, though.
How rain sounds are made in the movies
According to TikTok user ginman.wav, a professional audio mixer for film and TV, rain sounds are not actually made using water at all.
In a recent video, he said: “Almost every rain sound in a movie is actually the sound of food frying.”
The sound expert explained: “It’s a lot easier to record fried chicken than to have wet microphones, outside in the rain.”
User lovehatechris said with a VERY IMPORTANT question: “Wait wait… so the hour long rain on YouTube is someone frying some chicken??!!!”
Another user said: “Every time from now on when I fry bacon, I will close my eyes and imagine a romantic moment in the rain.”
I’ll have to stop myself from falling asleep the next time I make a stir-fry, that’s for sure.
