Unbelievable. Jeff Knudsen, our 2nd boom op, broke his collar bone skateboarding this weekend. Is this show cursed or what? I’m starting to refer to it as the ‘Spinal Tap Drummer Syndrome’. Anyway, really tough break for Jeff. After two weeks the team had just caught our stride and Jeff & I were both looking forward to booming some more scenes together. Ah well, he’s supposed to be all healed up in six weeks so he’ll miss this show but (hopefully) be ready for the next one.
Luckily though, David called up another familiar face to fill the boom spot – Eddie Santiago. Long time readers may remember that he was the mixer I boomed for on Doc West. He’s another great guy & I’m glad to be working with someone I already have a raport with.
Regardless, with wind gusts up to 45 mph there isn’t much to be happy about. We’re still located in the same dirt-pile-on-top-of-buried-landfill and it’s pretty miserable. Luckily, shot-wise today is pretty kush. Very few lines and mostly special effects shots (exploding Cadillac flipping through the air, flaming body parts raining down, etc). So while Eddie is out booming such oddities David & I are seeking shelter in his tent.
Looking at the pile of dirt that accumulated on each piece of equipment regardless of the tent made me really wonder how my lungs were handling this. (cough, cough..)
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