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[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

They did mention Brandon Lee's death

Good for them. Still, though, any danger posed by the ejection of casings is minimal at most.

[commando552]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

Good for them. Still, though, any danger posed by the ejection of casings is minimal at most.

There is still a danger though, or maybe it is just more of an inconvenience. If you ever watch BTS footage of gunfights being filmed (the gunfight from Heat springs to mind) you will quite often see the cameramen wearing face shields for this exact reason, or even having big Lexan shields built around the camers or held by extra crew members.

In the TV series Stargate SG1 the main weapon they used was originally MP5s, but they switched to P90s. Although I doubt that it was the inciting reason (more likely aesthetics and "cool" factor) if you watch/listen to the behind the scenes stuff or commentaries the producers and actors say that the fact that the P90 ejects downwards was a massive bonus. In fact, there were scenes that they were only able to shoot in a particular way because of this aspect of the weapon (e.g. several characters firing there guns in a narrow hallway in both directions).

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by commando552

There is still a danger though, or maybe it is just more of an inconvenience. If you ever watch BTS footage of gunfights being filmed (the gunfight from Heat springs to mind) you will quite often see the cameramen wearing face shields for this exact reason, or even having big Lexan shields built around the camers or held by extra crew members.

In the TV series Stargate SG1 the main weapon they used was originally MP5s, but they switched to P90s. Although I doubt that it was the inciting reason (more likely aesthetics and "cool" factor) if you watch/listen to the behind the scenes stuff or commentaries the producers and actors say that the fact that the P90 ejects downwards was a massive bonus. In fact, there were scenes that they were only able to shoot in a particular way because of this aspect of the weapon (e.g. several characters firing there guns in a narrow hallway in both directions).

I'm not saying there's no danger, but to my knowledge no one has ever died because an empty casing bounced off their face.

[commando552]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

I'm not saying there's no danger, but to my knowledge no one has ever died because an empty casing bounced off their face.

Sure, nobody is ever going to die from an ejected case, but it would still be dangerous if you got hit in the eye by one and could cause some nasty damage. I think it is more of a convenience thing though, it is a lot harder for a cameraman to get a the proper shot if he has his eyes closed because he has brass flaying at his face.