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20 FA L L 2 0 2 4 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y b y A d a m H o w e l l C A S TALES FROM THE GIG Doubling down on my inquisitive nature, I reached out to some sound industry folks and asked what the most memorable answer to a work-related question is that they ever received. Some answers are funny, some are poignant. Here's what they shared with me. Stephen Tibbo CAS I was on location in Costa Rica for a television series looking at our primary shooting location. It started to rain. When it rains in Costa Rica, it rains droplets the size of marbles and typically lasts for a few hours. I asked the producer and location manager if we had a cover set to wait out the "Adam asks too many questions." That's what a director of photography friend of mine recently told me. Well, actually, he was quoting a producer that we had worked with together. Apparently, I asked one too many questions on set that day. Oddly enough, my friend couldn't recall what the question was and, I have to admit, I have no idea what question he might've been referring to—because I do ask a lot of questions. I left that show midseason—the only time I ever left a project—because I got tired of asking unanswered questions. daily rain. He replied, "yes," and pointed at a number of buildings with tin roofs and said those buildings are our cover sets. We have a cave set, lab set, and bedroom set. I asked if he had been inside during one of these rains and he replied that he hadn't. We went to check it out and, as expected, it was super loud. Needless to say, this wasn't going to work for sound and, more than likely, they would have to loop everything inside a tin-roofed building. He asked if there was anything we could do to fix this. My response was they could get Hogs Hair to cover the roofs to take the sound of water hitting the roof away. Much to my surprise, they sourced a lot of Hogs Hair from Miami. It was installed a few weeks later on the roofs of our cover sets!