

You absolutely do. Somebody getting shot at without real squibs? It’s an assistant director off camera shouting “BANG BANG BANG.” Phone conversation? AD reading the other lines off camera. Complex choreography? Good chance someone is calling cues.
Any audio can be replaced later, and most is no matter what.
Even in live theater, some productions use earwigs so that someone can give cues and adjust things on the fly if they go wrong.










It’s not a different screen in SMB1. After you hit the axe, Mario walks to the right and the screen scrolls until the castle is off screen, revealing Peach and the ending text. It’s functionally just part of the level.