[Sarah Barracuda]

Charge Baldwin with manslaughter..two questions, who put the live round in the gun and secondly, why was he aiming the gun at the cinematographer of all people..Id understand if he were aiming it at another actor in the film, but the cinematographer makes no sense

[GingisK]

He was aiming there to give the video perspective of aiming at his target. They were giving a view of what it is like to face the weapon that kills you.

[taxcontrol]

I suspect that the moving shot was for the actor to fire towards the camera for dramatic effect.

[Fiji Hill]

why was he aiming the gun at the cinematographer of all people..Id understand if he were aiming it at another actor in the film, but the cinematographer makes no sense

Why was he aiming it at anyone? The first rule of gun safety is to assume that any and every gun is loaded.

[Freedom56v2]

Charge Baldwin with manslaughter..two questions, who put the live round in the gun and secondly, why was he aiming the gun at the cinematographer of all people..Id understand if he were aiming it at another actor in the film, but the cinematographer makes no sense
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Now don’t be asking those pesky questions.../sarc

[Scarlett156]

A blank CAN kill at close enough range. (I don’t know if it was a blank but one article I looked at said that Baldwin said right afterwards “Who handed me a hot gun?” Like it’s someone else’s responsibility to make sure he doesn’t kill himself or someone else.)

Actors are all idiots, even the ones you like. Most of them honk about gun control and then take part in works that involve people shooting each other. You can look at their best work and see them handling guns improperly AND GETTING PAID THE BIG BUCKS FOR IT. Actors are WAY more complicit in the surge of gang activity and accidental shootings than hunters or 2nd amendment supporters. This is why we should #AbortTheEntertainmentIndustry It’s not worth saving.

[BillyBoy]

>> why was he aiming the gun at the cinematographer of all people..Id understand if he were aiming it at another actor in the film, but the cinematographer makes no sense <<

Most likely they were doing a close up shot showing the viewer the POV of inside of the gun barrel. It's used a lot in film to make the scene more dramatic for the audience (famously, every James Bond movie opens that way) and has been in use since the very first Western film, The Great Train Robbery, in 1902. Audiences freaked out when the character appeared to "shoot" the audience: