Last week, a tragic incident saw cinematographer Halyna Hutchins killed and director Joel Souza injured after Alec Baldwin shot a prop gun on the set of Rust in New Mexico. In light of this, If has republished below a 2018 blog post about firearm use on set by safety consultant and stunt coordinator Jon Heaney.
Firearms and their use, in any way, shape or form, are a topic for debate.
But it cannot be denied that firearms have been and will continue to be a useful tool in storytelling process.
Whenever firearms are introduced on set, a series of protocols must be adhered to in order to ensure the safety of the cast and the crew.
Now, laws changes from state to state, territory to territory or even country to country, but the fundamental protocols must always remain the same. If you ignore the protocols, you’ve already broken the law.
Firearms and their use, in any way, shape or form, are a topic for debate.
But it cannot be denied that firearms have been and will continue to be a useful tool in storytelling process.
Whenever firearms are introduced on set, a series of protocols must be adhered to in order to ensure the safety of the cast and the crew.
Now, laws changes from state to state, territory to territory or even country to country, but the fundamental protocols must always remain the same. If you ignore the protocols, you’ve already broken the law.
- 10/26/2021
- by Jon Heaney
- IF.com.au
‘Children of the Corn’ crew.
Horror film Children of the Corn was one of the few productions in the world that continued to shoot safely throughout lockdown.
Australian safety consultant Jon Heaney worked tirelessly with the film’s producers to develop stringent protocols and a risk management plan for the Sydney-based production.
Together with producers Lucas Foster and Mathieu Bonzon and first assistant director Sean Harner, he is now set to use the experience to further help the industry, launching new venture FiRM (Film Industry Risk Management).
Jon Heaney.
To be headquartered across Sydney and LA, the company will be dedicated to managing the risks associated with filming while implementing ever-evolving safety requirements and protocols. It will offer both producers and financiers risk assessments, safety reports, on-set safety management, staffing and training.
Heaney, who will serve as president of the company, tells If that when it comes to Covid-19 safety,...
Horror film Children of the Corn was one of the few productions in the world that continued to shoot safely throughout lockdown.
Australian safety consultant Jon Heaney worked tirelessly with the film’s producers to develop stringent protocols and a risk management plan for the Sydney-based production.
Together with producers Lucas Foster and Mathieu Bonzon and first assistant director Sean Harner, he is now set to use the experience to further help the industry, launching new venture FiRM (Film Industry Risk Management).
Jon Heaney.
To be headquartered across Sydney and LA, the company will be dedicated to managing the risks associated with filming while implementing ever-evolving safety requirements and protocols. It will offer both producers and financiers risk assessments, safety reports, on-set safety management, staffing and training.
Heaney, who will serve as president of the company, tells If that when it comes to Covid-19 safety,...
- 7/24/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Veteran producer Lucas Foster has teamed with Australian safety expert Jon Heaney to launch safety advisory company Film Industry Risk Management. The pair recently co-operated on the successful production of “Children of the Corn” through the coronavirus pandemic and industry shutdown in New South Wales.
The company is structured to assist productions keep up with fast-changing safety protocols and to manage the risks associated with filming. Foster and company president Heaney are joined in Firm by French producer Mathieu Bonzon and first assistant director Sean Harner, giving the Los Angeles-based venture outposts in Australia, North America and Europe.
Firm sees its clients as financiers and producers. It is proposing services that include: risk assessments, safety reports, on-set safety management, staffing and training.
“Film Industry Risk Management has been built to be at the forefront of the global entertainment industry push to re-start the motion picture, television and commercials industry with...
The company is structured to assist productions keep up with fast-changing safety protocols and to manage the risks associated with filming. Foster and company president Heaney are joined in Firm by French producer Mathieu Bonzon and first assistant director Sean Harner, giving the Los Angeles-based venture outposts in Australia, North America and Europe.
Firm sees its clients as financiers and producers. It is proposing services that include: risk assessments, safety reports, on-set safety management, staffing and training.
“Film Industry Risk Management has been built to be at the forefront of the global entertainment industry push to re-start the motion picture, television and commercials industry with...
- 7/17/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
There can’t be many examples of this – Kurt Wimmer, whose credits include writing and directing Equilibrium, has wrapped production on a feature film shot on set entirely during the lockdown.
This project is a yet-to-be-titled reimagining of Stephen King’s short story Children Of The Corn, which has already spawned 10 feature movies prior to this one, and shot in Australia. It originally went into production in New South Wales at the beginning of March. When the Covid-19 pandemic forced productions to shutdown across the world (few of which have resumed yet), the producers say they consulted with local body Screen Nsw, which was a major investor in the pic, and decided to progress.
Collaborating with Safe Work Nsw and film safety expert Jon Heaney, they drew up a reconfigured shoot schedule and methodology that implemented health and safety measures for the entire production. As they were already on set together,...
This project is a yet-to-be-titled reimagining of Stephen King’s short story Children Of The Corn, which has already spawned 10 feature movies prior to this one, and shot in Australia. It originally went into production in New South Wales at the beginning of March. When the Covid-19 pandemic forced productions to shutdown across the world (few of which have resumed yet), the producers say they consulted with local body Screen Nsw, which was a major investor in the pic, and decided to progress.
Collaborating with Safe Work Nsw and film safety expert Jon Heaney, they drew up a reconfigured shoot schedule and methodology that implemented health and safety measures for the entire production. As they were already on set together,...
- 6/12/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Kurt Wimmer’s reimagining of “Children of the Corn” has completed its coronavirus-defying shoot in Australia. The filmmakers employed stringent health and safety protocols, and multiple insurance policies.
The producers revealed the previously undisclosed cast of young actors, with Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”) and Kate Moyer (“When Hope Calls”) starring. They are accompanied by Australian talent Callan Mulvey (“Avengers: Endgame”) and Bruce Spence (“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”).
“You can theorize all you like about safety protocols, but until you get on set, you don’t really know. But I can now tell you it is impossible to keep a camera crew 1.5 meters apart,” producer Lucas Foster (“Ford v Ferrari”) told Variety.
Principal photography began in New South Wales in early March, when the Covid-19 outbreak forced the majority of productions around the world to shut down.
“We ended up taking hundreds of measures.
The producers revealed the previously undisclosed cast of young actors, with Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”) and Kate Moyer (“When Hope Calls”) starring. They are accompanied by Australian talent Callan Mulvey (“Avengers: Endgame”) and Bruce Spence (“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”).
“You can theorize all you like about safety protocols, but until you get on set, you don’t really know. But I can now tell you it is impossible to keep a camera crew 1.5 meters apart,” producer Lucas Foster (“Ford v Ferrari”) told Variety.
Principal photography began in New South Wales in early March, when the Covid-19 outbreak forced the majority of productions around the world to shut down.
“We ended up taking hundreds of measures.
- 6/11/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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