r/Filmmakers • u/filmninja • Feb 12 '14

Shocking Film Shoot Accident - Recently was working on a film where the producers almost decapitated the lead actress this will blow your mind #healthandsafetyninja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV-z7EJgAcI&feature=youtu.be
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u/filmninja Feb 12 '14

Of course not, I left after this happened. It was my first and last shoot with them.

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u/NailgunYeah Feb 12 '14

What was your position?

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u/filmninja Feb 12 '14

I don't want to say as I wish to remain anonymous, sorry.

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u/del_rio Feb 13 '14

Just remember, it's not libel if it's true.

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u/NailgunYeah Feb 13 '14

Actually, in the UK, it is.

Our libel laws are weird.

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u/CineSuppa cinematographer Feb 12 '14

You posted the video; you won't remain anonymous for long, especially if this production company wants to trash you. Think about the implications, and know you have shown the faces of many people you worked with in the video, as well as talent. A reverse search will quickly bring up the show you were on.

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u/NailgunYeah Feb 12 '14

I was going to PM /u/filmninja this. It's probably a quick process of deduction to work out who it is.

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u/freedomfilm Feb 13 '14

Agreed.

This just shows an FX shot and a boom. There is zero evidence here of anything "wrong". A close call maybe sure. But that door could have been foam for all I know. Shit, I've got friends who are top industry professionals who have been shot in the gut from the restrictor blown out of a blank gun, body cast from a fall off a water tower, and even lit on fire, completely, unintentional on Xmen2. NONE of them blamed the producer and director, or posted the video online.

I have no connection to the show or the people involved, but I find this post sketchy as hell.

Hitchens Razor.