Oh, we did have some fun on Sunday, shooting dead-guy Stephen (played by Paul) in the arm.
Hank asks, "What are you?" and he answers, "Episcopalian" so Hank shoots him in the arm for being a smart-ass. When he does this, dead-guy arm dust blows out the back.
Pretty simple, actually.
I'm using my new trademark patented extra-special pneumatic "squib" technology that I invented for this movie (as seen on TV, offer good while supplies last, void where prohibited).
There were some issues. The first take was perfect. The second take the timing was WAY off (very slow bullet, it seems). Third take didn't fire (the squib tube wasn't seated firmly so blew out). Fourth worked, I think... or was there a fourth at that angle? My head hurt so I don't quite remember.
We then repositioned the camera for a different angle and had a couple of them not working right... the wouldn't blow when I hit the switch. So I refilled the tank to get back up to pressure and started again.
One blew after I *released* the switch... so I did a bench test and discovered that they were blowing after about a 1/2 second delay (don't know WHY the first few went fast). We changed our timing on the count to adjust for this. The first time through it blew too soon. The second time my timing was perfect but the actor forgot to react. The third and, I think, fourth time worked out well.
So I think we got it. Hope it looks good! A cloud of baby powder might be a weird thing to get from shooting a dead guy in the arm.
One high point of the baby-powder squibs is that the scent overpowered the stench of sulfur coming form the sink. The tap water out there comes from hell, apparently, stinking of the sulphurous depths and resounding with the cries of the damned. Or perhaps just the cries of the crew when the tap gets turned on accidently...