ST Alpha - "Have "guns" that look like they're firing a bullet. Same motion and reverb, but without the actual bullet inside. -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 162

In response to "So some people on Twitter are saying all movie and TV guns should be CGI. Makes sense to me. -- nm" by marum scarum

Have "guns" that look like they're firing a bullet. Same motion and reverb, but without the actual bullet inside. -- nm

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Oct 22 '21, 08:02

(No message)

Responses:

No ability to fire a bullet. No chamber in which to place a bullet or a blank. No cartridge at all. - marum scarum Oct 22, 08:08 22
- I'm actually amazed they couldn't make a prop gun that actually simulates a recoil. Think of all the toys that give motion responses. - pmb Oct 22, 08:22 18
  - Sure but there could be a mechanism inside the gun that at least gives some simulation. For instance in the body when you pull the trigger, - pmb Oct 22, 08:31 13
    - Ok, but what are you using to create that force? - Reagen Oct 22, 08:36 11
      - Right. Everything stays internal. But you can still get something to move internally that would feel like recoil. It can be triggered - pmb Oct 22, 08:50 10
        
        But you're not getting it. Without something leaving the gun, you don't get recoil. Equal and opposite. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 08:55 8
        
        (any kind of device like you're describing you would have the same forward motion as backwards) - Reagen Oct 22, 08:58
        
        You could have an internal piston to duplicate it. (Might not work for semi or full auto, of course) -- nm* - Spawn Oct 22, 08:58 6
        
        See above. Without ejected mass it doesn't work. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 08:59 5
        
        Yes, there would be some gradual forward pull that would have to be held in check by the holder but when the piston struck it would still create kick. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 09:18 4
        
        Equal. Opposite. - Reagen Oct 22, 09:22 3
        
        Would require a small amount of training but if you are bringing the gun in an upward motion when (think "draw") when firing it could be hidden. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 09:28 2
        
        Good luck with your perpetual motion machine. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 09:30 1
        
        *sets up a Go Fund Me* -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 09:39
        
        heh. Was about to post "A reverse internal hammer". -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 08:51
    - This goes under Reagan's post. -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 08:31
  - F=ma. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 08:24 3
    - I was told there would be no math -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 08:27 2
      - But we didn't promise no physics, and we're taking advantage of the loophole. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 08:29 1
        
        *marks for later* -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 08:30
- I can get behind no live firing of guns. Part of the process before clapperboard and "Action!" should be triggering guns at ground... - Spawn Oct 22, 08:22
- We're in agreement. You just said it better than I did. -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 08:12
- i agree -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 08:11
But that is what they already do. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 08:04 2
- They have blanks. I'm talking about no bullets at all. CGI the bullets. -- nm* - Inigo Oct 22, 08:05 1
  - But you said same motion and reverb? -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 08:05

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.