• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    On a movie set where everything is fake and you have an on-set armorer whose job it is to make sure everything is, indeed, safe, it’s a little bit different.

    There’s no expectation that a gun on a movie set would be real and firing real bullets.

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      6 months ago

      I keep trying to explain that to people too. The whole point of having an on-set armorer is so the actor can stay in their headspace and not have to worry about checking to see if a gun is loaded with live ammo when their character is supposed to assume it is.

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        6 months ago

        True, but also, safety is everyone’s responsibility. Safety is always the first priority.

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          6 months ago

          You either keep yourself in the headspace where your character is shooting a loaded gun and you give a good performance, or you do firearm safety checks. It can’t be both. Maybe you’ve never done any acting, but it really can’t be both.

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            6 months ago

            I’ve done acting, and I’m familiar with safe handling of firearms. You can absolutely do both.

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              6 months ago

              Again, not if you want a good performance. And I am guessing your acting did not involve shooting a realistic weapon on a realistic set in a major motion picture.

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                6 months ago

                I’m not aware of any studies on the matter. If you are speaking from your own experience, it’s not any more definitive than mine.