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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' is very good about this. The animators said in the Making Of featurette that they experimented with shooting different substances to get reactions. This shows in the scene in which a long line of bullets are shot into a concrete wall, making no sparks at all but rather huge spider-web pits.
** Better yet, it shows a stream of bullets chewing through a pillar of reinforced concrete, generating only a shower of debris -- until they start hitting the metallic rods in the core of the pillar, producing a shower of sparks in one of the few situations when it's actually somewhat ''realistic''.
* Very, VERY exaggerated in Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion during Mami and Homura's gun battle. It's a wonder they didn't light the city on fire.
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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' is very good about this. The animators say in the Making Of featurette that they experimented with shooting different substances to get reactions. This shows in the scene in which a long line of bullets are shot into a concrete wall, making no sparks at all but rather huge spider-web pits. Better yet, it shows a stream of bullets chewing through a pillar of reinforced concrete, generating only a shower of debris... until they start hitting the metallic rods in the core of the pillar, producing a shower of sparks in one of the few situations when it's actually somewhat ''realistic''.
* Very, ''very'' exaggerated in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' during Mami and Homura's gun battle. It's a wonder they didn't light the city on fire.



* The famous Government Lobby shootout from ''Film/TheMatrix'', is a ShoutOut to both ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' (see above) and Creator/JohnWoo movies that feature scenery getting ripped apart by gunfire.

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* The famous Government Lobby shootout from ''Film/TheMatrix'', is a ShoutOut to both ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' (see above) and Creator/JohnWoo movies that feature scenery getting ripped apart by gunfire.
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* The movie version of ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' was very good about this. The animators said in the Making Of featurette that they experimented with shooting different substances to get reactions. This shows in the scene where a long line of bullets are shot into a concrete wall, making no sparks at all - but huge spider-web pits.
** Better yet, it showed a stream of bullets chewing through a pillar of reinforced concrete, generating only a shower of debris - until they started hitting the metallic rods in the core of the pillar, producing a shower of sparks in one of the few situations where it's actually somewhat ''realistic''.

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* The movie version of ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' was ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995'' is very good about this. The animators said in the Making Of featurette that they experimented with shooting different substances to get reactions. This shows in the scene where in which a long line of bullets are shot into a concrete wall, making no sparks at all - but rather huge spider-web pits.
** Better yet, it showed shows a stream of bullets chewing through a pillar of reinforced concrete, generating only a shower of debris - -- until they started start hitting the metallic rods in the core of the pillar, producing a shower of sparks in one of the few situations where when it's actually somewhat ''realistic''.
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Much of this is down to the RuleOfPerception: it's a very easy way to show the audience where the person is shooting. Bullet holes and dents can manage something similar, but are less immediately obvious, more costly to show relative to pyrotechnics, and can be out-of-place in situations where the bullet wouldn't realistically damage the surface.

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