stackyFACTSPaying someone to sit in a room and do absolutely nothing is peak audio production. Sound engineers must record the ambient 'room tone' of different physical spaces—capturing the specific, quiet hum of a basement or an empty hall. It ensures that when characters stop talking, the background noise doesn't suddenly, jarringly vanish.
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