D 'round 2 - week 2...

...is through.



after a solid week one (with lots-o-talking), I took to the weekend as a heroin addict takes to methadone... wait... what?

every morning; during the drive to our studios, we'd pass the Natural History Museum, and their sign promoting the current exhibition of "hollywood costumes"

thought it'd be an easy way to lazily kill a sunday-afternoon, having spent the saturday resting/recovering

The exhibition promised costumes from Star Wars, Star Trek, Indiana Jones and MANY MORE... (they REALLY know their audience)





Suit from Star Wars (1977) combined with a stunt helmet from Empire (1980).





Lightsaber from the original, again juxtaposed with a stunt piece from Empire (the "hand")





Stormtrooper Helmet and Blaster from Star Wars, possibly re-used on Empire... (or maybe they mean the blaster is from Empire, and the helmet from the original - did they re-use props?)





the most Giggle-worthy exhibit in the entire museum "it's an orange jumpsuit", no additional props/costume pieces... just the jumpsuit. Interestingly enough - there was a fairly large rip in the chest pocket, right where I, as a boom operator; would want to pass a lavalliere mic cable through... hmmmm

the infamous nipple-bat-suit, as worn by Clooney

Various props and Costumes from the Indiana Jones series (jacket and whip NOT from raiders)





stunt costumes from Terminator 2. the Bullet hits have lost a little of the gloss from the original chroming process. (blew my young mind when I found out that they were for the most part, a practical effect; as I'd simply assumed that all the hits were computer generated... ahhh to be young and naive)





Arnie's jacket from the original Terminator (love the distressing to make it look like it's been shot several times)





ding-dong the witch is dead... (too soon?)





only place in the world you'll see a ghost-busters uniform sitting next to some reflective pyjamas from the original Tron





in Honour of the upcoming Canada Day celebrations... I present... a Beaver!






...and a Moose





bobcat (or should I say bob-kitty... he's so cute...)





always thought a weasel would be bigger...





baby black bear... wait, did they kill it to stuff it for an exhibit? or is it completely made from scratch? oh god, the horror of dioramas has just washed over me...




weekly WTF...

seriously, WTF is THAT! (really wishing that I didn't frame-out the title card of the exhibit now)





entrance to the costume exhibit - shows some of the "toys" and memorabilia collected by nerdy fans over the years.





walking back home, I stopped in via the public (botanical) gardens





Favorite shot of the week





The local Mega-Super-Store (where I got my Tim Tams last week) has decided to celebrate canada day by hanging various flag of the world around their entrance... is this a sign? am I destined to shop here?





Frequency response chart of a Sanken Cos 11 (our body-mic of choice) - beautifully modelled by sound mixer Zan. (I find it fairly ironic, given that this particular show allows from a greater amount of Booming than normal, though we DO need to throw up a whole bunch of wires for the inevitable wide+tight situations)

well that's another week done and dusted.

this weekend is a long one = celebrating "dominion day" (re-named into canada day in 1982 via suspicious circumstances... seriously, look it up - the politicians basically pulled a sneaky vote to change the name).

should be a good one for photos...

If I'm not too tired.

see you all next week