Can I shoot someone with blank rounds?

[Metario]

A local guy in my neighborhood died from a blank because he didn't think it could kill him. Of course he put it to his head which made it worse but i wouldn't forget around with blanks unless they're Hollywood specific types used in PROP guns.

Easier alternative is to just do this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsViAvVYoMQ

correction: don't forget with blanks if they're right up to your loving head

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[sorrel]

I wouldn't risk using an actual gun for a school project (?)

[Maxwell.]

Well since youre not a black male in America, you don't have to worry about a cop mistaking you for a dangerous criminal so go ahead.

oh forget off

[SteveJenkins]

Assuming you're gonna be using some kind of competent editing software you don't even need a realistic gun

doing film class and because we don't have loving guns here, I used a cardboard cutout with a gun printed on the side then just edited in muzzle flash onto a single frame, upped the frames saturation to simulate the light and threw in a gun sound

for a student film it works, you don't need to waste blank rounds for a class film because A: its unnecessary and might not give the desired effect and B: there are obvious risks. if anything you'd get more on your grade for showing editing skills

[Steve5451²]

Also to achieve realistic recoil the way movies do just tie fishing line at the tip of the barrel and have someone tug it behind you off camera.

[}]Crazy[{]

the question should rather be 'should I' instead of 'can I'

[Nonnel]

i'd imagine there are specially made movie prop blanks

[kevin 51l]

back in my freshman year our school put on a play and they used blanks.

no one got hurt, but they were fired across the stage (maybe like 20 feet?).

[KristoB]

this confuses me, im drawing a blank

i hate you

[Cavik]

You could just take a normal round and empty out the powder/bullet and just fire the primer. It's not as realistic but completely safe.

[startacker]

Actual gunfire doesn't record onto video very well.  The sound gets clipped into a short pop and the muzzle flash barely shows up.  When normies see video of actual gunfire they don't even understand what's happening because it's so boring looking.  You'll get better results from special effects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsViAvVYoMQ

This is a pretty good example of that.
https://youtu.be/Lncmj1DRPPA?t=2m15s

[Lord Tony®]

You'll win the golden ipod award.

[Cavik]

Actual gunfire doesn't record onto video very well.  The sound gets clipped into a short pop and the muzzle flash barely shows up.  When normies see video of actual gunfire they don't even understand what's happening because it's so boring looking.  You'll get better results from special effects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsViAvVYoMQ

Muzzleflash doesn't pickup at all in daylight but if you've ever done night shooting you know that it's like a lightshow.