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Things I wonder about

posted 3 years ago by Hans-Wilhelm (1372)
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I'm not aware of these points being addressed yet and these are questions I have.

1. Why was he pointing the gun at another person? Was he goofing off because he thought it had blanks and just aimed at the camera woman in jest and pulled the trigger? Was this part of a scene and she was filming the front of the gun for dramatic affect so that the audience would see the scene from the barrel end and we'd feel like we have the gun pointed at us? I'm curious as to why it was pointed her way when the trigger was pulled.

2. Everyone thought the gun had blanks? Why would real rounds ever be used anyway? Why would real rounds even be on the set? If it is film and it is all fake....why would there be real bullet with projectile rounds even be there to where they'd have to keep track of whether it has live rounds or blanks?
How were live rounds even there at all?

[–] melissah1982 (883) 3 years ago

1. I can only assume your second guess. They were rehearsing the scene and He was pointing the gun at the camera where the cinematographer and director were. None of them thought anything of it; it's something that is done thousands of times. I haven't read if there were any updates stating what exactly happened, but this is my guess. POV at the camera.

2. I don't have much knowledge of this but I think this question will be the crux of the investigation. I was under the impression that real bullets were NOT to be used on set after the whole 'crow' incident. I could be wrong. These are all questions that have to be asked to the director, the props coordinator, the stage managers and the weapons expert. There are reports that these guns were being used for fire practice before being given to Alec Baldwin and this surprises me. In theater (different from movies, I know) only certain people can handle certain props. If we use a prop gun (a real prop gun unable to fire anything) no one is allowed to touch it other than certain people. That being the actor, the prop manager and the stage managers. Even though it doesn't work, who knows what could happen if someone saw it or whatever. Any other actor taking that gun, even just to look at it, would get reprimanded. So the idea that there was no apparent chain of custody for this gun boggles my mind.