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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S I 51 it sounded like but there were a couple guys that I met while recording stuff for submarines and they'd be very specific on what stuff sounded like. One of the guys said, "I don't know if that was the right sound but it sure made me feel the same way." (laughs) SSS: Isn't that the point?©Isn't that what we're going for?©How does it make you feel? JJ: Yeah. That's the point. Always go for drama. I've got to say the guy that was a magician was Tommy Newman. Fantastic score. He recorded part of it in Abbey Road. The rest of it, he came up with in his studio. SSS: COVID actually did impact The Little Things.©The original release date stayed the same.©Was your post- production schedule changed or compromised because of COVID? JJ: Well, we weren't sure what the release schedule was going to be. The post supervisor finally said, "Okay, well, here's the schedule." Nobody is talking to me at Warner Bros. at this point. She was laying it down in March and April. Once we got that, we had something on paper that made people actually start to pay attention about, "Hey, we got a movie we got to complete. Otherwise, we're going to have nothing." Originally, they wanted to have this out I think on Thanksgiving, but that was pre- COVID. Now with the new release and streaming schedule, I think we're first up as far as the Warner Bros. releases coming out in 2021. SSS: Is The Little Things going to be the HBO Max release and streaming at the same time? JJ: Yes. That's going to be the Warner Bros. conduit for all of their films too. SSS: What are your feelings about having a film released and streaming at the same time? JJ: I can't speak to the financial part of it. You're really proud of it and you want people to see it in the full monty of Atmos, the big screen and all of those things. This is the type of film I just want people to see it because I think it's pretty damn good! That being said, if it gets legs enough that people say, "Hey, that was pretty good," then they say, "You know, the next step up is you go see it in the theater," and who knows what happens from there? I guess I'm an incredible optimist about all that. SSS: So, what do you think?©Do you think there are other anecdotal stories? JJ: Just a lack of them because of COVID. COVID robbed us of that. COVID robbed all spontaneity. It was like, alright, I get to sit down in front of my computer monitor again. What do I want for lunch? Oh soup. Great. It's the strangest thing. I was still supervising but I never had to write down so much. Everybody did a great job, and probably worked harder than they would have. I think that because of the Tommy (Newman) line about, "This isn't going to be a COVID-19 score." It's not going to be a COVID-19 movie. SSS: No. No asterisk. No disclaimer. -