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Prop gun by actor alec baldwin. joining me now is lugs charles, a prop master from new york city. he has worked on fbis most wanted and "jigsaw." lucien, im glad to have you here. how familiar are you with prop guns and where do filmmakers get them? how careful do you have to be? training? all of that. talk about it. >> im happy to be here. sad to talk about it. well, i work out of new york so we definitely use a vendor, a weapons specialist and they give gun training to the actors as well as cr...

Especially coming off of the tension that just happened between the guild that represents all of the people behind the camera, all of the production people whose job it is to take care of all these things. to hear that there were safety concerns right after this guild threatened to -- came very close to shutting down hollywood with a strike because of safety concerns. so right here is an example. now, what people also need to understand is that this was not a big production. this wasnt a disney ...

Tragic accident that took the life of halyna hutchins," he tweeted friday. "i am in touch with her husband offering my support to him and his family." tonight, investigators are continuing to investigate what type of projectile was fired from that prop gun while a scene was being filmed for the low-budget western thriller starting baldwin. 42-year-old director of photography hutchins was killed. joel souza, the films director, was wounded. >> as somebody who really has safety as paramount in eve...

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Winds up accidentally fatally shooting the director of the photography, 42 years old and the director of the movie was injured as well. there are reports after the incident he said repeatedly why was i given a hot gun? which could mean why was i given a gun with live ammunition? and if thats the case, you have to imagine that the prop master or someone on set is going to face serious questions and there could possibly be a wrongful death lawsuit or even criminal charges. but this is a total trag...

Sure something like this didnt happen again. what security is in place to make sure this doesnt happen and is there a possibility those things were overlooked? >> its hard to say, but generally speaking, on a film set, youre going to have an armorer or a prop master in charge of these weapons that are going to be put into the hands of the actors, and youre keeping a tight chain of control as to when theyre offset, when theyre brought to set, when theyre handed to the actors, when theyre handed b...

Thatjoel souza is undergoing surgery. we do not know his condition but we are told it is serious and he was taken by ambulance. what they are trying to figure out is how this could have happened. as you know, whenever there are firearms used on a television show or film, there is a pf°p television show or film, there is a prop master supposed to be on set and a safety team to ensure nothing like this happens and that no one is injured. they are still trying to determine what type of projectile ...

Office. >> my gosh. steve now joins us live from los angeles. what a story to cover. you mentioned the safety protocols. can you explain what they are? >> reporter: stephanie, first, a few things. no live ammunition on set ever. thats been a regulation since that brandon lee incident. usually theres a prop master who oversees any weaponry on set including loading the actual blanks into the gun. showing the gun to the cast and crew. explaining how it works. and then following that usually during ...

Did they walk off the set because of this brouhaha over cost cutting. with all of this stuff not there, did a mistake happen? >> the l.a. times is reporting that the camera crew members of the international alliance of theatrical stage employees spent -- they walked off the set. it appears as if there were certainly nonunion workers filling in. so again, were the standard safety protocols being followed by the prop master, the stunt coordinator and the like. but the union is already in a huge co...

Recognition for her work. she was a journalist that became a flirilmmaker and a rising stan the industry. >> she was the kind of filmmaker who would stand in any uncomfortable place with her camera to get a shot she thought would be the right shot. >> joining us now to discuss is marcus cooley, prop master, production designer, whos worked with weapons on movies such as "fast and furious" and "bad boys." good to have you on. so many questions, marcus. so folks can understand, blank cartridges, t...