Kevin Williams, the prop department supervisor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, told NPR the Baldwin incident seems to be "one of these freak accidents."
"It is an extremely rare circumstance that anything like this happens. Especially nowadays when there are so many different procedures and policies in place," he said.
When making a movie, Gist and Mayberry explained choices in props are made to best match the characters and scene.
For a recent project they worked on, the team chose to film with real weapons but only used blanks in one scene. In every other scene, visual effects (VFX) will be added in.
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