Safety Issues - Shooting on location

There are surely advantages and disadvantages for the use of computer generated imagery. One of the worst disadvantages, I came across during my research, was the death and serious injuries of the actors and stuntmen. When shooting on location, there are sometimes scenes, which require difficult manoeuvres or dangerous stunts. Most of the time it is not the actors who play these parts, it is the stuntmen or doubles. The audience would be unaware of what is happening, as the scene may be filmed from an angle at which they cannot see the face of the person performing. I came across a lot of articles, which talk about all the famous movies, and injuries that stand behind them. A lot of the time the critical shots are used in the end product. Audience watches the movie being unaware of what happened think of how realistic the performance of a specific actor/stuntman/double was. In this case it would be a lot safer to perform these stunts in a controlled environment, in front of a green screen. A lot of people agree that in the end, taking less risk of brain, spine, any other injury or even death, is worth it.

“Australian stuntman Scott McLean suffered critical brain damage while filming in Bangkok after a taxi he was leaning out of the window of, failed to dodge another vehicle, causing McLean's head to collide with it, leaving him with a huge gash over the right side of his head and flesh torn from his skull."

The problem with special effects is that more often than not you can really tell it is a fake, which ruins our experience. Bad vfx can even cause us to hate the movie, which is a big thing.

“The thing is, when you rely on the latest technology to tell your story- and that’s it- that dates. It can date badly. Whereas, when you actually make the stuff, I think there’s something about that that is a little bit more ageless.”