There is absolutely no reason to work with anything else. A very short search finds rental houses renting " non-guns" which have no ability to fire anything but are rigged to create muzzle flashes. Nothing with a real firing pin on a film set. If laws can't do it, then our unions and guilds need to intervene.
It has to be fixed, as quickly as possible. It's astounding that 28 years after Brandon Lee, this is still legal. If a gun comes out, even a non-gun, get our crews further from set and remote operate any camera or lighting gear that needs to be closer to the scene. In either situation, a proper zone of safety for accidents wasn't created. The fact that the director and cinematographer were both hit, with the cinematographer fatally injured, makes it likely that the gun was fired either toward a camera or toward video village. In 2021 remote heads are too good, and too affordable, to do otherwise. There should be a zone of safety where all camera equipment is operated remotely in the area where debris might fall. If there are weapons scenes being shot, we need to do what we do with all heavier stunts and car work. Either the blanks were prepared incorrectly, or the gun was misloaded with live ammo, but either situation would've been avoided with a ban on real guns on set and an insistence on non-guns.īeyond that, we need universal recognition that no one should ever be in harm's way in case there is an accident. Many argue that blanks are safe, but blanks have already killed two actors, and while we don't yet know what happened in New Mexico, we do know a weapon that is designed for killing was brought to a set. Real guns, blanks or no, shouldn't be allowed. Use of prop non-guns, that make a bang and emit a little flash, but can't load a real bullet or have a firing pin, could be used. Even way back in 1993, there were many calls to ban guns from film sets one of my first memories of reading about filmmaking was Peter David suggesting as much after the death of Brandon Lee. Between sound design, CGI, and practical effects, it is very simple to create realistic gunfire. In 1993 Brandon Lee died on set from a mistake with how the blanks were prepared. In 1984, Jon-Erik Hexum shot himself in the head while playing around between takes to lighten the mood. It is shocking that this happened for so many reasons, but it's particularly shocking because this isn't even the first time this has happened. Whether you are using blanks or not, clearly accidents keep happening, and they are easily avoidable. There is absolutely no need to have any weapon on a film set that is functional and designed for killing, outside perhaps the holster of well-trained security performing that task with dedicated focus. But film sets aren't the site of armed resistance to tyranny or or grounds for hunting-they are workplaces. I have owned guns, personally, and think there are arguments for and against doing so, personally, outside of a work environment. Now is the time to take action as a result of this horrible incident and ban real guns with firing pins from film sets. I can't stop thinking about the Hutchins family, and the work family we build up in years of shooting, and what a devastating loss this is for all of them of someone in the prime of life entering the prime of their career.
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No one should ever die, or come into any risk of injury, for a movie shoot. While details are scarce, it appears to be a weapon fired in a scene by the actor Alec Baldwin that somehow was able to kill the cinematographer. When news spread this morning of the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film shoot in New Mexico after a prop gun was discharged on set, the industry was distraught. The death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set is yet another reminder to ban any gun with a firing pin from a film set.
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