It's fine folks. Just another example of what seems to be an increasing 'trend' on the forum nowadays. That handy ignore button makes my day. In fact, I've just read another article about young Trumpster and his new T shirts.....
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
KT53 said: Do you think it reasonable to expect every actor in a film where firearms are used to be trained to a level where they can absolutely tell if a round/cartridge is live or blank?
No, but I do think it's reasonable that there should be no fire arms on any film set unless the circumstances are absolutely exceptional and in that case, then the actors SHOULD be trained. A standard, run of the mill film set has no business having loaded (with any sort of ammunition) guns. Accidents are inevitable.
Sorry, but how do you make a Western, any form of police related film (other than UK), military etc, etc without guns on sets? Do the actors use their fingers as guns and go 'bang'?
Don't antique guns have to be disabled before sale. Surely that can be done with modern guns and the bang added afterwards.
It is a very simple task to turn a 'disabled' gun back into a dangerous weapon. I used to know a gunsmith quite well. It was back in the early eighties ... looking back I think he did some quite dodgy stuff.
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Sorry, but how do you make a Western, any form of police related film (other than UK), military etc, etc without guns on sets?
Replicas with no ammunition, as has already been said. The flash bang can be added later
Also any gun that isn't used for close ups will often be made of rubber as that's safer to throw about and accidently hit people with. They manage to make Star Wars and things like that without real laser blasters. The limiting factor is budget I suppose. Apparently the Russians have made a few films with live ammunition for extra realism though.
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That handy ignore button makes my day. In fact, I've just read another article about young Trumpster and his new T shirts.....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sorry, but how do you make a Western, any form of police related film (other than UK), military etc, etc without guns on sets? Do the actors use their fingers as guns and go 'bang'?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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