Sound Observation #1 Inside/Outside

Ironically there is filming happening on my street today. The sound of the ITC police officer's vehicle hums outside my window. An occasional "Rolling" and "Cut" are heard from afar, voices of co-workers I schlepped beside for so many years. The generator is tucked around the corner, away from set in order not to ruin takes from the constant humming. Trailer stairs squeak as a grip jumps on the back gate with a Teamster standing by... "Gate going down!". The sounds that I hear could be considered to some as "noise"... but to me, I associate those sounds with home.

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