In the production of 'A Complete Unknown,' director James Mangold faced unique sound challenges, especially during live music performances. The team decided against traditional lip-syncing with playback tracks after lead actor Timothée Chalamet insisted on performing live. This method put immense pressure on production sound mixer Tod Maitland, who had previously never recorded a musical scene without playback aids. Maitland emphasized the importance of capturing every detail in each performance, reflecting a nostalgic approach to sound mixing akin to earlier analog recording practices.
When it came down to our first live performance piece, Timmy came over 10 or 15 minutes before we started shooting and said, 'I'm going live and I'm not going back.'
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