Soundtracks ahead of their time

Often, films and TV shows have a scene change — and the audio for the second scene begins while the video for the first scene is still running.

So I’ll be watching a scene, and somebody starts speaking who isn’t there. This confuses me until the new scene begins. It’s not for long, but it’s still unnerving.

And this is intentional: someone has to do extra work to make this happen!

What’s up with that?

Stop it, editors or directors or whoever you are! If it was new and hip once, it isn’t any more, and if you think it improves the experience for the audience, I’d bet you don’t have anything to back that up.