This is an example of the special effects that we have used in our film to make it look more realistic and high budget. This particular frame occurs about two frames after a muzzle flash, and this show the smoke that has come off the gun. We chose not to use the muzzle flash frame, as they never look good frozen, but rather in fast succession. The smoke can be seen at Lee's wrist, and the reason why it's not directly coming out the end of the gun is that in the two frames between the muzzle flash and this shot, Lee lists his gun up. It's a very subtle special effect, but it would look very odd if there was a muzzle flash without smoke to go with it. However we didn't want the smoke to be overpowering, so it's more of a subtle grey blur rather than a large amount of smoke. This conforms to the expectations of an action movie, as in action movies, gunshots are always accompanied by muzzle flashes to make them look more dangerous and effective. In reality muzzle flashes rarely happen, so this is a prime example of how we've followed the conventions of action movies. We don't use muzzle flashes for every gunshot as it looks over the top, but just occasionally to add to the intensity of the scene.