(10-22-2021, 11:25 PM)p_rushing Wrote:

(10-22-2021, 01:54 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Maybe you're right... maybe he was just walking around the set, firing blanks off at random people, but I highly, highly doubt it. Those things are noisy and also very dangerous at close range. I find it hard to believe they don't have basic protocols for handling these weapons. It's way more likely the director wanted a different angle.... maybe one of Baldwin looking down the gun towards the camera so they could see the fire come out of the tip of the gun. They told him to fire off multiple rounds. He squeezes off several shots, then realizes someone loaded the weapon incorrectly. Since he was pointing it at the camera, he shot the people closest to it... you know, the cinematographer and the director. 

That said, Hollywood needs to create better safety procedures. Just like they don't punch each other in RL, they need to make sure that any time a weapon is aimed, it is not in the line of sight of any other person, and there is a bullet backstop in case the wrong cartridges are loaded. Camera tricks and angles can take care of the rest.

That is the normal process, pay attention to it when watching films and you won't see them pointed directly at anyone other than an actor. It was during the day so you won't see fire coming out of the barrel, there would be no point to try it with any type of round. They would have to do it in post.

(10-22-2021, 07:57 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: There is more news on this around temporary workers being there because of some union issue with working conditions.  This is just beginning.

Union workers were supposedly not there.

(10-22-2021, 08:45 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: FWIW

Word I'm getting is that Baldwin was handed a loaded gun by an assistant director and it was the DP (director of photography) that was killed.

Apparently a number of cameramen and others working on the set were organizing a walk out until safety protocols were adhered to more closely prior to the accident

My friend who is a DP in LA and knew the deceased well said that the armorer on the set was not in the union and was not the original armorer on the film. He also said his source told him it was a live round and not just a blank that had been over loaded.

Saw something that the round went through her abdomen and then hit the 2nd person.


The media is lying about it for some reason.

A prop gun doesn't fire, it isn't a real gun. So it was a real gun and capable of firing. So who loaded the gun? If you are loading blanks, I don't see how you don't notice a bullet being on the end of one of them. Also why even use blanks in the day? You are going to fix sound and effects in post, so why have the added risk and costs? Was there confusion from the non-union worker thinking they needed live rounds? Live rounds wouldn't have been on set to begin with though unless someone brought them with them. Then why was he pointing and firing a gun at a crew member?

Someone committed a crime and should be charged but good luck proving who it was.

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