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Originally Posted by masraum View Post
I think that Craig had said that in the movie industry, the guns should never be fired with people "down-range." If there's a time when the gun is pointed at a camera and fired, the cameras are started and then the behind the scenes folks move before the firearm is fired.
The firearm is either pointed away from the camera 20-30 degrees either side or if directly at camera you would use a remote to pull focus and pan up/down, side to side.

A lot of Cinematographers have their own "camera package" that they bring along and are paid a fee for. When the crew walked off the production I figure someone took the remote package with them.

It sounded like the shot being setup was looking down the barrel of the gun. Whether a blank was going to be fired during the scene I don't know but this trial and the outcome is going to change the usage and handling of firearms on set. I can guarantee that.
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