Back in the heyday of the B western they’d add the shot sound effect in editing because blanks were expensive. If you watch a budget western and hear shots but can’t see smoke, or the shooter or muzzle isn’t onscreen, it was probably an added sound effect.
Manslaughter charge for Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday.
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed the charging documents naming Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised weapons on the set of the Western “Rust,” and outlined evidence that they deviated repeatedly from known safety standards.
https://apnews.com/article/alec-baldwin-crime-santa-fe-movies-d605e97752556dd444369b3fdbbd9f68
Thanks for the mention.
In today’s era of CGI graphics and sound, they could make the scenes look very realistic.