Alec Baldwin

At Barnstorm VFX, a visual effects house here in LA, muzzle flashes are simulated in post-production for shows like The Big Sky and The Man in the High Top.

I would say that a simulated muzzle flash, if it's done correctly, can get pretty close to looking like a real gunshot.

A muzzle flash is a light source, essentially.

I have taken a stock element of a similar gun muzzle flash.

I have illuminated my knuckles and the front of the gun and my face for just one frame.

The reason we still use real firearms on set is because we have to.

There's a certain amount of physicality to this prop, and an actor has to react correctly to the gunfire.

There's reaction to the gunfire, eyes flinching, things like that.

You just can't duplicate that with CGI.

We've fired billions of rounds of blanks over the years, and it can be done in a safe manner.

There probably should be laws or stronger

rules than industry standards.

It clearly needs to change because something like this happened, and it has happened before, and we've got to protect lives.

Nothing's more important than that.

We are.

We are.

Sarah Jones.

Sarah Jones.

Sarah Jones.

When Sarah Jones lost her life seven years ago, many people in the industry added her name to the same slates that she once held, so that every shot was a tribute to her.