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Gun and hot gun. a cold gun means that the gun is empty. it cannot fire. there might be dummies in it. but it cannot go bang. a hot gun means that it is ready to fire with blanks loaded up into the gun, and those callouts happen just before and after each one of the sequences on set. >> so a hot gun blank isnt necessarily dangerous if it is used right but its still a hot gun because something can go bang in the gun. >> that is correct. >> my friend anderson has a couple questions for you also. >...

Flash. >> so, sorry, i used the wrong terminology. if its the blanch blank cartridge, the smoke and the muzzle flash. i mean, if someones holding that up to their head or in close proximity, that is something that they would avoid doing? >> sure. in the -- the safety guidelines, it clearly states that minimum safety distance in front of a muzzle of a blank firearm is 20 feet. so, you should never have that situation where a full-flash blank is being pressed up against someones exposed skin or an...

This is pretty much what they would be using on the rookie. this works and functions just like the real weapons do. insert a magazine. slide it. and fire it. in postproduction, they would be able to do the muzzle flash. they would be able to do the smoke. they would be able to do the ejecting shell from the firearm. so, theoretically, no, you do not need to use blanks. it adds an aesthetic to it, and it assists the actor in performing. but if you work with the actor for a little bit ahead of tim...

Armchair quarterback something like this but obviously a live round was fired and if a live round was fired out of that weapon, then obviously it had to be introduced on the set somehow and there are multitude of safety protocols to prevent that from ever occurring. there shouldnt be but two types of rounds on a set at any given time that is a blank round. >> can you show us? >> sure. absolutely. this is a blank round. and this is what one looks like. it has a crimped top and it has gun powder i...

Lot of guns are fired, on the mayor of east town they decided that every fine of every gun would be all cgi, it was all special effects. they didnt use prop guns loaded with blanks. they maybe lost the authentic recoil, and alive muzzle flash that they wouldve cut from using plants, but they decided that it wasnt worth the risk. they added in all of that after the facts, and a lot of productions do that now. but, a lot of movie and tv says study do use real sets. the prague massacre will annals ...

What do you believe could have happened on this movie set, brian? >> you know, from hearing what ive already, you know, been on news and through your reporting and whatnot, you know, its really hard to sit back and armchair quarterback something like this. but obviously, a live round was fired. and if a live round was fired out of that weapon, then obviously it had to be introduced onto the set somehow. and there are multitude of safety protocols to prevent that from ever occurring. um, there sh...

So, yes, they are prop guns of various kinds used in various ways, but these things are so dangerous a lot of productions dont use them at all anymore. the show that was on hbo earlier this year, kate winslet plays the police detective, it is not a spoiler but a lot of guns are fired on that show. kate winslet is a cop and on "mayor of east town" for that whole show they decided every firing of every gun would all be cgi, it was all special effects. they didnt use prop guns loaded with blanks. t...

Entire bullet, .44 magnum in that case. >> given how advanced special effects are, why do prop weapons even need to be fired at all? >> they dont. you can take this gun. we can go click, click, click, we can dub in the sound effects and put in the muzzle flash with cgi and many films do that. so unless it was simply a directors preference or actors preference, theres no reason to have a blank discharging gun on set. >> steve wolf, thank you for your time and expertise. that really helped explain...

Hops on his scooter and flees. police are on the hunt for the gunman, and also the driver of the scooter. its important to underscore the heroic acts of this little girl and her efforts to protect her little brother, because when you look at these pictures you can see how they pulled her little brother back onto the ground and then uses her body to shield him from the muzzle flash, just inches away. so certainly important to just recognize not only the heroic efforts of this little girl, but obv...

Children nearly getting hit in the process, trying to protect one another, diving for cover there, as the gunman continues firing. polo, that shooting video is difficult to watch with those kids in harms way trying to help each other. >> it is a terrifying video to watch. were sharing not only because nypd released it hoping to generate tips, but you can see the bravery of a 10-year-old girl. let me walk you through this video. you see a masked gunman on thursday evening charge towards an indivi...