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Prop master and you do it the right way, you need to vet these people out. make sure they are certified to do this. that they just didn't work on one film two weeks ago, and then all of a sudden, they're an armorer and have, you know, the -- the knowledge and experience, wisdom most importantly, to handle a dangerous item on set. there's three departments that can cause loss of life quickly on set and that's stunts, effects, and armor services. and those three things need to be attended to and anytime you have a chance to educate someone or educate an actor on the proper use and handling of th...

So, yes, they are prop guns of various kinds used in various ways, but these things are so dangerous a lot of productions don't 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 didn't use prop guns loaded with blanks. they, you know, maybe lost the authentic recoil and the live muzzle flash that they would have gott...

And you could raise an objection and say, hey, wait, i don't think this is safe and then, well, all right, why don't you go home and we'll find some who thinks they can do it under these conditions. and it's really deplorable, but a lot of pressure is put on people to act unsafely to try and get a film done on time and on budget. and unfortunately, it's very shortsighted when you think i'm going to save a couple bucks an hour by hiring a prop person that doesn't know what they're doing and now someone's dead because of it. so when you look at the lists on the legal side, you know, what should ...

Low budget film, including complaints about long hours, long commutes and, not getting their paychecks. so, the morning of the incident, the camera crew showed up for work for the 6:30 to call time, they packed up their -- cinematographer who is killed, highly notions had been out of was using her club to advocate for better working conditions for teams. one of those camera crew workers, left there set in protest. the l.a. times reports that the film production brought in non-union film crews to replace them. and ordered all remaining union workers to leave for the day. now, typically onset th...

Armorer, somebody who specializes in weaponry for film and tv sets. as you can imagine, the entertainment industry has really strict rules for using firearms onset. this is some of the -- from the industry wide labor management safety commission, these are some of the safety bulletins they've put out about guns onset. look what this one says right at the top in all capital letters, blanks can kill. treat all firearms as though they are loaded. then it is pages and pages of rules trying to head off any tragic accidents like the one we saw yesterday in new mexico. number one, refrain from pointi...