WBN, sound design, and the flaming tuba
Yesterday I finally watched this 50-minute video about the sound design and editing of Werewolf By Night. Since I know next to nothing about sound design and this is mostly an interview with Michael Giacchino and some of the post-production team via Zoom, I wasn't sure if it would be entertaining. It is, largely because Giacchino and the other four professionals have such good rapport. They enjoy working together.
The video below will start at at the 44-minute mark when the host brings up the end of the special. The whole thing was a very late addition. Until the last few days of shooting they had nothing scripted for it. The special just sort of ended. They knew they needed more and eventually came up with what we saw after some suggestions from Gael. It's worth watching the last 10 minutes just for that, the behind the scenes info, and what Ted actually says to Jack that makes him laugh. 😂
The segment before that one is about how the flaming tuba guy, who's actually one of the long-time producers of The Simpsons and Giacchino's BFF, happened.
WBN was a labor of love and collaboration. They made up a lot of it as they went along!
