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02-19-2010, 05:18 AM
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Blanks
I've heard back in the early days of filming, they didn't have blanks and shot live rounds and used camera technique to make it look like the actors are being shot at.
Anyone know any truth to that?
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02-19-2010, 01:37 PM
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well, they still do that today, but not live rounds. they use blanks, just as an extra safety precaution
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02-19-2010, 04:39 PM
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I am asking about the past. Early filming history.
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02-19-2010, 05:02 PM
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The early blanks were live rounds that had wood heads, and the adapter would shred them as they exited the muzzle, so that only splinters would fly out. Which was still dangerous, so they couldn't fire them directly at the actors.
The same still basically applies to today's blanks, especially given the tendency to put in extra powder to get the huge muzzle flashes that you see on screen. At close enough range, the gas from the muzzle flash can still penetrate a person's flesh and would badly burn them. But even when the actors are far enough away, they avoid shooting directly at them as a safety precaution.
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02-20-2010, 05:57 AM
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So how blanks are still dangerous to an actor.
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"There's a fine line between not listening and not caring...I like to think I walk that line everyday of my life." Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle Psalm 144:1 “It is always wrong to use force, unless it is more wrong not to.”
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