It depends on the type of blanks to be fired, whether the blanks are light load, which is basically a cap gun with no wadding, a medium load with a louder bang plus some wadding, or a full load for the muzzle flash, bang, and visible recoil.
I really don't want to make this about me, her, or our friendship, but no, it's not Sharon Stone. That would be great, though.
That's the difference in proper safety on a movie set.....the wick movies I believe are to this level if not set to even higher standards because Keene Reeves went and did gun safety and shooter training with people that are national level professional shooters.....and turtle tell Charlie Theron she is hot!I really don't want to make this about me, her, or our friendship, but no, it's not Sharon Stone. That would be great, though.
My actress friend (Charlize Theron) played Aileen Wuornos in the movie Monster, where despite a an initial budget of $1.5 million (later investments bumped it up to about $5 million) guns and gun safety played a prominent role in the filming. Wuornos killed 7 men by shooting them at point blank range. Everyone on set was anal about the weapons safety protocols, and ever day that involved a gun started with a full safety meeting with anyone who would be on set that day, including cast, crew and visitors. I was on set several times, 15 days total, but not in a row, mainly for moral support for Chaz because she was an emotional wreck during the times of the most difficult scenes.
Funny story... There's one scene near the end of the movie where Aileen shoots and kills a man on a bridge, and she is distraught to the point where she throws the gun off the bridge into the river. Under the bridge in two rowboats on the water were crews with large fishing nets on 10 foot poles, to catch the gun. They didn't have the money in the budget for another gun if it was lost in the river.
But the guns used in that movie were real guns, kept at all times in a locked gun locker (like a big tub with wheels) with only one person in the entire production having the combination and the keys to the locks (3 locks). On days where the guns weren't to be used, the entire locker was locked in a safe inside the prop truck (like a UPS delivery van, kinda). The prop master was the only one with access to the prop truck, but he didn't have access to open the gun locker.
It's a word. There are a hundred thousand or so more in the dictionary along with it.
I found this article that quoted Jensen Ackles, one of the actors in Rust who did an interview about the safety conditions on the set and the competence of the so-called armorer. It's astounding that someone like this would be allowed to even be near firearms, much less be responsible for safety, security and training. The quote is a bit long, but it speaks volumes about the all-around negligence and complete lack of quality management.
www.newsweek.com
Fifteen months later, Alec Baldwin along with the armorer will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. It's refreshing to see justice coming to rich, influential entertainers who can't buy or BS their way out of their grossly negligent actions.
nypost.com
Yeah, definitely deserves it. But. That costs a lot of money and while 18 months is a lot more than an overnight it definitely has a visible end of the tunnel. What if he has to pay the maximum fine possible and do the maximum number of community service hours possible and then with the conviction the victims' families can sue him civilly for far more huge amounts.
The problem was alex Baldwin cheap budget to make said movie and he hired the cheapest armory handler he could because of his ego getting in the way.