Halina Hutchins: In New Mexico, A Vigil Was Organised For A Cameraman.
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- A vigil was held in New Mexico where cameraman Halina Hutchins complained after being shot dead on a US set.
- Attendees at the Albuquerque event included industry experts lighting candles for the 42-year-old.
Hutchins was shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin on Thursday on the set of the western film Rust. Baldwin was told the gun was safe. The incident high concerns about the safety of the filming location. "He's very dynamic, and if something like this happened, it would destroy us all," Sandy Kay, an Albuquerque filmmaker, told Reuters at the event on Saturday.
Lane, a former colleague of Hutchins, said he was lucky to work with the operator.
"Working with someone who is so cooperative and never looks better than anyone on set would have made me lucky to have made another move with someone like him, and now I can't handle it.
What is a gun, and why is it dangerous?
Others on guard include actors John Hamm and John Slater, who are currently filming nearby. Several people were seen holding signs calling for more safety on the set.
"I think this is a strong reminder of gun safety on set, and I have the idea of getting real guns off the set whenever possible," filmmaker Cheryl Lowe told Reuters. According to court records, Deputy Director Dave Halls was unaware that the gun contained ammunition and said it was disassembled with shouts of "cold guns!"
Director Joel Souza, who was behind Hutchins, was injured in the incident. During to the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, at least two accidental shots were fired in the days leading upon to the incident.
This crew member was part of a group that left hours before the incident due to working conditions and unpaid work complaints. The film's producers said in a statement Friday that they had not been briefed on the safety concerns but said they would "conduct an internal check of our procedures until production stops."
Incidents like that on-site are sporadic.
Real firearms are often used in the shooting and are loaded with blanks - bullets that produce lightning and thunder without throwing projectiles. In 1993, Brandon Lee, the 28-year-old son of the late martial arts star Bruce Lee, died on set after being accidentally shot with a gun while filming a death scene for The Crow.
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