Shooting a person

Pipe · 03-26-2012, 10:42 AM

I was taking care of a squirrel problem with my pellet gun this morning, and it occured to me that nothing ever dies nicely when you shoot it. I've been hunting for a number of years and I when I shoot a deer, it tries its darndest to struggle away, but eventually can't get off the forest floor. It lies there struggling, then twitching, until nothing.

In the movies, of course, when someone gets shot (unless they're an important character and a pre-death monologue is required), guys just go down and lie still. I could see that with a head-shot something might go straight down dead, but otherwise, if a person is shot mortally in the torso, what can you expect?

03-26-2012, 10:42 AM	#1
Pipe Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 492	Shooting a person I was taking care of a squirrel problem with my pellet gun this morning, and it occured to me that nothing ever dies nicely when you shoot it. I've been hunting for a number of years and I when I shoot a deer, it tries its darndest to struggle away, but eventually can't get off the forest floor. It lies there struggling, then twitching, until nothing. In the movies, of course, when someone gets shot (unless they're an important character and a pre-death monologue is required), guys just go down and lie still. I could see that with a head-shot something might go straight down dead, but otherwise, if a person is shot mortally in the torso, what can you expect? __________________ Screenwriting is like stripping. You don't just dump your clothes on the floor. You tease as you go. And then you get screwed in a back room for money. - Craig Mazin

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