Amber Rout

Thank you all so much! I really appreciate it!

Hey guys!

I've got a project I'm doing for class and I was wondering if anyone had any tips as to how I should do lighting for when I'm making the film in black and white. I haven't ever done it before and I'm curious. I won't be shooting in black and white but I will be editing it in in Premiere. Anyone have any tips on how to do this stuff. Sorry this is so vague. Does it make sense?

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On 12/4/2021 at 11:08 PM, Brian Drysdale said:

The investigators will test the weapon involved as part of their case. Apparently there are certain scenarios with a weapon's condition which can cause it to fire unintentionally, whither or not that's the case here will no doubt be revealed in the court cases.

The fact that they haven't already tested the weapon after almost two months is beyond me...

20 hours ago, Phil Rhodes said:

That's kind of a broad question. Do you have any information on what it'll be used for, the kind of venues it'll be in, what you want to do with it?

Quite honestly, not 100% sure yet. It's really just something I've been interested in for a few years and I'd really like to dabble in lighting just a bit more. I've done plenty of work with it in the past but the board I used to use has some very different functions than the one I will be using in my film class as, I'm pretty sure the current one is a bit older, I'm looking for a make that's somewhat similar but maybe not quite as expensive... I'm only a student after all.

-A 

Anyone know any good brands of 48/96 boards? Just curious about looking at prices and functionality.

Anyone have any good websites to use for storyboarding??? I figure it'll be much easier online than pencil and paper... I'm a perfectionist. Basically I'm going to be working on storyboards for class and need to get this stuff done efficiently. Thanks!  

7 hours ago, Brian Drysdale said:

I imagine there will be a number of lawsuits coming from this incident, with a number of claims being made regarding damages.

If there isn't, I'll be concerned...

Just glad that as far as they know, it was not production related. That would have been way, way, way too soon.

On 10/30/2021 at 2:26 PM, Gregory Irwin said:

"We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened…”

Yeah, just a bit irking... 

15 hours ago, Patrick Cooper said:

A really horrible ordeal. According to one report, Halyna Hutchins said that she couldn't feel her legs after the shooting. So clearly, she was conscious for some time after being shot. 

That's terrible. I wonder what wound up happening, if she spoke to Baldwin. I mean... Wow. I'm kind of speechless, I had no idea. 

21 hours ago, Travis Shannon said:

It was a loaded colt 45 at basically point blank range, physics will absolutely and clearly did allow it. 
Further Explanation: high caliber rounds go through things. Feel free to research independently.

Alright, thanks. 

On 10/25/2021 at 9:42 AM, Travis Shannon said:

Blanks don’t travel through humans and then go into other humans, Pretty much every news source has indicated they were live rounds. Further stories have indicated the armorer had live rounds mixed in with blanks which is even more irresponsible. 

 

 

Yes, even though blanks don't travel through humans and into other humans, they can still injure or kill people as particles still come out of the gun. Either way, it's unlikely one bullet would kill one person and injure another scientifically speaking. Did they say it was only one bullet? Because I don't see how it's possible for it to only have been one, momentum would have been lost and by the point of contact the energy would have dispersed. All I'm saying is I'm not 100% sure if physics will even allow. Can I get a further explanation???

On 10/23/2021 at 11:16 PM, Patrick Cooper said:

It sounds like there was another related accident on set prior to the fatal shooting. Earlier in the week, two rounds were accidentally fired by Alec Baldwin's stunt double from a gun that was thought to be 'cold' - in other words no live ammo was supposed to be in that weapon at the time. The state of gun safety on that set was obviously shocking. 

There shouldn't have been live ammo on set to begin with. Whoever brought it, was irresponsible and seemingly unqualified. 

22 hours ago, Gregory Irwin said:

I respectfully disagree with you Amber about Baldwin. Yes, he’s an emotional mess and should be. But as an actor who is charged with handling firearms on set, he is equally responsible for gun safety. I’ve been on numerous big, action, gun movies where the cast shares in the gun check. Also, Baldwin is a producer on the film and he did not ensure a safe workplace. He had to be aware of the prior safety complaints and yet nothing was done about them. I bet he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. He must be for his shared negligence along with the others. 
But I do appreciate everything else you said. 
 

G

I do understand that, yes. He is also the producer and I suppose he should also be responsible considering, when you look at it, everything that occurs on set, is up to the producer in the end. I wasn't quite aware of the fact that he was producer when I made my statement, and it still stands, but I see the point you're making and I do agree.

On 10/22/2021 at 7:53 AM, Gregory Irwin said:

Yes 2 people were involved. The cinematographer is now dead! The director was injured! There is no excuse for this under any circumstances!!! I looked at IMDb and RUST seemed like a smaller size production that had people of limited experience in charge. But that is not the real issue. We work in a world of make believe. In reality, this is COMMON SENSE! It’s not even a movie issue. Simple common sense would have prevented this from ever happening. And to answer your question, this thankfully does not happen often. But when it does happen, the people involved need to be held responsible. 

I'm willing to bet it wasn't a high budget movie, so they're hiring people with much MUCH less experience. I haven't looked into the budgeting for it, any input? 

On 10/25/2021 at 9:44 AM, aapo lettinen said:

most of the media sources specifically stated them being actual rounds, NOT blanks. the most probable explanation for that (if it not being intentional sabotage) is that someone used the gun for target practice (aka playing with it) and just left in laying around when getting bored to it and then the AD just grabbed the nearest gun when it got hasty to shoot the next scene. It tells a lot about the safety culture of the production that there is just random guns laying around with unknown contents and NO ONE checks what is in them before starting using them as props. that is insane on so many levels 

Wow okay. I've seen a lot more sources saying that at this point and I'm furious about it. This is a huge mess and I feel like this is effecting the entirety of the industry at this point. There should not have been live rounds on set to begin with and whomever was handling the weapons was obviously not qualified enough, if at all, to use the guns. I've heard she was 24 or something like that... Is that correct? Either way, this is a huge thing for me, again, why the hell was there ammo on set to begin with? They should have only been using blanks, right? I don't think I've ever heard of people using live rounds in a production... If you have an example, please give it to me because I'm actually really curious to see if that's ever happened. There are so many accidents that have been occurring on set and again, I think we're all dealing with this and I 100% believe we're all paying for it. It's certainly not fair to Baldwin who is an emotional mess at this current time and I'm livid about all of this. 

The fun thing is, I never actually noticed it until it was pointed out to me.

10 hours ago, Uli Meyer said:

Why would there be any live rounds in that gun in the first place? Someone loaded real bullets into a prop gun and laid it out on a props trolley? Why have live bullets on a movie set in the first place?

 

Uli, 

As far as I know, they were blanks, not actual rounds. So unless there have been developments, no one was irresponsible enough to put actual live rounds in the gun. Though, safety still should have been on.