[SML] stage gunfire noise levels

[Kim Hartshorn]

We have not used blank firing weapons on our stage for well over
fifteenyears, we use home-made wooden prop guns and slap a board on the
floor.  I truly believe that in every case the effect has been superior to
the use of a blank firing pistol in that the prop is much less distracting
to the audience and more closely fits the style of the individual
production....which after all is a stage production not a movie.  The noise
of a skinny but thick hardwood slat slapped/clapped onto our pine floor has
been more than sufficient for the audience to jump in their seats and comes
closer to what the imagine thinks is the sound of a gun than the sound of
an actual 22 blank.
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Kim Hartshorn
Plattsburgh State
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