Comments on: Proptastic: A Look at Prop Guns http://www.filmsensei.com/2008/07/proptastic-a-look-at-prop-guns/ Indie and Guerilla Filmmaking Tips from the Trenches - Let the Sensei Be Your Guide Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Josh http://www.filmsensei.com/2008/07/proptastic-a-look-at-prop-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Josh Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:40:25 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=15#comment-209 Thank you for this post Mat. Very helpful and freaking awesome! Thank you for this post Mat. Very helpful and freaking awesome!

]]> By: Arthone http://www.filmsensei.com/2008/07/proptastic-a-look-at-prop-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Arthone Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:30:46 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=15#comment-193 I just wanted to say that I love this site I just wanted to say that I love this site

]]> By: Alex http://www.filmsensei.com/2008/07/proptastic-a-look-at-prop-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Alex Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:10:31 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=15#comment-162 This is great information you've got here, Mat. I stumbled acrossed this page in my tireless search for good shell casing footage(s) to use in post-prod. I currently own a few uber-realistic looking airsoft guns... but after reading this article, I think I will direct my searching (and money saving) towards blank firing or those "japanese cap guns on crack" heh heh. Until I've got the money though... I've already obtained some free stock footage of muzzle flashes and spent brass on www.detonationfilms.com (great resource), but would you happen to know anywhere else on the web that I could find shell casing film elements? This is great information you’ve got here, Mat. I stumbled acrossed this page in my tireless search for good shell casing footage(s) to use in post-prod. I currently own a few uber-realistic looking airsoft guns… but after reading this article, I think I will direct my searching (and money saving) towards blank firing or those “japanese cap guns on crack” heh heh. Until I’ve got the money though… I’ve already obtained some free stock footage of muzzle flashes and spent brass on http://www.detonationfilms.com (great resource), but would you happen to know anywhere else on the web that I could find shell casing film elements?

]]> By: Mat http://www.filmsensei.com/2008/07/proptastic-a-look-at-prop-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Mat Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:42:36 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=15#comment-151 Lou: Thanks for the note (and I really enjoyed the Operation Repo the Movie trailer on your website). Anyone looking to email me can do so at: mnastos (at) niftycomics (dot) com. Thanks! -Mat Nastos, Film Sensei http://www.filmsensei.com Lou:

Thanks for the note (and I really enjoyed the Operation Repo the Movie trailer on your website). Anyone looking to email me can do so at: mnastos (at) niftycomics (dot) com.

Thanks!

-Mat Nastos, Film Sensei
http://www.filmsensei.com

]]> By: lou pizarro http://www.filmsensei.com/2008/07/proptastic-a-look-at-prop-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-149 lou pizarro Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:39:36 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=15#comment-149 matt do you have a personal email or number? lou pizarro matt do you have a personal email or number?

lou pizarro

]]> By: Kevin Inouye http://www.filmsensei.com/2008/07/proptastic-a-look-at-prop-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Kevin Inouye Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:41:59 +0000 http://www.filmsensei.com/?p=15#comment-120 Hey, if you or any of your readers want to go into this any more, drop me a line- or stop by my prop weaponry forums at www.fightdesigner.forumotion.com -or my business site, www.fightdesigner.com. I'm also on MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc etc... I do prop weapons rentals, gun wrangling, etc. I do have in stock modelguns, RAP markers (well, just one, an MP5), blank firing guns (both front and top venting, including some of the new full auto models), gas blowback guns, electric blowback guns, spring guns, rubber dummy guns, and I've also used real guns on set. I've had great finds on ebay, and had times when I spent hundreds on an imported prop gun just to have a broken piece of vaguely gun-shaped trash... Looks like you're on the right path. Watched your YouTube video- keep in mind with the gas blowbacks, you don't have to shoot bbs on set (ouch!)- you can either hold down the slide release with your thumb while firing, or jam the follower on the magazine so it doesn't go all the way up, tricking the gun into thinking it's not out of bbs. That way the slide won't lock back every shot, and you can use your gas blowbacks for things like execution-style point-blank shots to the head... with a little bit of hair getting blown around as a bonus. -Kevin Hey, if you or any of your readers want to go into this any more, drop me a line- or stop by my prop weaponry forums at http://www.fightdesigner.forumotion.com -or my business site, http://www.fightdesigner.com. I’m also on MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc etc…

I do prop weapons rentals, gun wrangling, etc. I do have in stock modelguns, RAP markers (well, just one, an MP5), blank firing guns (both front and top venting, including some of the new full auto models), gas blowback guns, electric blowback guns, spring guns, rubber dummy guns, and I’ve also used real guns on set. I’ve had great finds on ebay, and had times when I spent hundreds on an imported prop gun just to have a broken piece of vaguely gun-shaped trash…

Looks like you’re on the right path. Watched your YouTube video- keep in mind with the gas blowbacks, you don’t have to shoot bbs on set (ouch!)- you can either hold down the slide release with your thumb while firing, or jam the follower on the magazine so it doesn’t go all the way up, tricking the gun into thinking it’s not out of bbs. That way the slide won’t lock back every shot, and you can use your gas blowbacks for things like execution-style point-blank shots to the head… with a little bit of hair getting blown around as a bonus.

-Kevin

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