The horny toad movie shoot continued last weekend in the bustling town of Eastland, TX. Eastland serves as the county seat in Eastland County, TX; a county of around 19,000 people who gather each year in Eastland to celebrate the “Old Rip Festival.” More on that in a later posr.
The shoot was an overall success, but we had to work for it. Every last soundbite. For all you sound guys out there, my undying love and gratitude grew exponentially that weekend. And here’s why…
1) The entire town of Eastland resides along the intersection of two major state highways…highways with major construction traffic.
2) Upon being locked out of our scheduled location, we were relocated to the courthouse…which was under construction.
3) Once we were able to postpone the interview until the construction crew’s lunch break, the plumbers showed up.
4) When we realized the plumbers were actually quite quiet, we were able to shoot…until child custody battles erupted from the floor below
5) It finally quieted down, and we were able to shoot…accompanied by the constant, intermittent buzzing sound of the metal detectors…and traffic.
A special thanks goes out to our sound man, Royce Sharp, for being able to handle such circumstances. Sound recording takes a special breed of person, and no crew, no matter how small, should be without a proper location sound mixer.
Next week we return to Eastland (this time for B-Roll of the festival…MOS).