Alec Baldwin accidentally killed someone on set.

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Initially sounds like it's a Brandon Lee type of situation.

www.theguardian.com

Alec Baldwin kills woman by firing prop gun on film set of Rust

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins airlifted to hospital, where she died, while director Joel Souza also injured
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Crew went on strike because of hazardous set, prop guns included and there was misfiring with props on set before this happened too.

Maybe a b-movie with the actor also producing and doing many other things you usually hire people for isn't great?

badmonk maybe you have some experience with this?
 
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Swede said:
Crew went on strike because of hazardous set, prop guns included and there was misfiring with props on set before this happened too.

Maybe a b-movie with the actor also producing and doing many other things you usually hire people for isn't great?

badmonk maybe you have some experience with this?
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They say the handlers or last to handle the weapon wasn’t the ones who were in charge of it, I forget the exact details
 
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Social media in my area is a s*** show since this happened. All because this man joked about their beloved President. Republican Christians my a**.
 
Swede said:
Crew went on strike because of hazardous set, prop guns included and there was misfiring with props on set before this happened too.

Maybe a b-movie with the actor also producing and doing many other things you usually hire people for isn't great?

badmonk maybe you have some experience with this?
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Yeah this is tragic and should not have happened. There is honestly no need for blanks nowadays, easily done with VFX and yes they can get the muzzle flash lighting the environment as well, but usually they add the muzzle flashes in post and maybe have practical LED‘s on set to light up the actors face etc in time with the gun shots.
 
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karmakid said:
They say the handlers or last to handle the weapon wasn’t the ones who were in charge of it, I forget the exact details...
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Yeah, if that's the case, whoever heads up the "prop" stuff should be responsible for the individual who last touched the gun, or the cat before him, and the other cat before that other guy. Something like this is SO EASY TO AVOID. It's called "double checking" (especially for prop guns).
 
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Yeah, if that's the case, whoever heads up the "prop" stuff should be responsible for the individual who last touched the gun, or the cat before him, and the other cat before that other guy. Something like this is SO EASY TO AVOID. It's called "double checking" (especially for prop guns).
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Yeah it’s normally the armorer who hands the gun over and shows it’s empty etc
 
I didn’t read anything but I assumed he was shooting towards/into the camera and crew behind it for the scene so the audience would see him from that angle.
 
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I didn’t read anything but I assumed he was shooting towards/into the camera and crew behind it for the scene so the audience would see him from that angle.
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It's odd the director was in the line of fire, but maybe Baldwin is doing his thing but also following a path 'hitting marks' to do certain things at a certain time while being in frame and the director is hands on to make this flow together.

It is to bad though that in an age when Drone tech is well developed this can't be more remote. Or maybe it can and this production is on the cheap.
 
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I’m sure there were no shortage of witnesses and video footage.
 
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He was practicing a cross draw maneuver before the crew was back from break and ready to start filming. He was handed a "cold" gun, meaning it was cleared and empty and there are no issues. I still don't have a clue why real guns are ever on set anyway anymore? I bet this changes some requirements. They always add effects to a gun anyway in post. It doesn't make sense to me. badmonk can provide more insight into why real guns are still used on set.
 
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It's odd the director was in the line of fire, but maybe Baldwin is doing his thing but also following a path 'hitting marks' to do certain things at a certain time while being in frame and the director is hands on to make this flow together.

It is to bad though that in an age when Drone tech is well developed this can't be more remote. Or maybe it can and this production is on the cheap.
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She was the cinematographer, my guess she set up the shot/perspective/angel and he was there to check off on it, if it worked… you’ll see it in bts segments where you’ll see the director and others behind the camera or camera guy.

another guess, since it’s an indie movie they are limited on how many cameras they have and remote screens
 
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He was practicing a cross draw maneuver before the crew was back from break and ready to start filming. He was handed a "cold" gun, meaning it was cleared and empty and there are no issues. I still don't have a clue why real guns are ever on set anyway anymore? I bet this changes some requirements. They always add effects to a gun anyway in post. It doesn't make sense to me. badmonk can provide more insight into why real guns are still used on set.
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Another guess, if I may, badmonk Plainview , things may change here in the states, as most other nations like the uk, australia, a real gun is probably banned on set. But since this happened here before, with Brandon lee and others I dono if people will take much notice because it was an indie film instead of say a marvel, universal, or Sony movie.
 
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