As the film industry continues to grow, so has the amount of content that is being shown in these films. School shootings are a heavy topic in society, and the issue with films is that they don’t give trigger warnings at the beginning. Many people say the beauty of films is the element of surprise, and putting warnings all over the place would ruin that allure for the audience. In some cases, people would see it as a spoiler. However, the issue runs deeper than that. 

The description of a movie should briefly discuss which topics are going to be discussed, so viewers who have triggers revolving around gunfire get a heads-up before watching the film. Sometimes there is a warning at the beginning of films, stating that the props used in that scene were done by professionals, but when it comes to trigger warnings revolving around gunfire, it’s debatable in the film community. 

In this case, the new movie “The Fallout” has a scene throughout the film where a school shooting occurs. As the movie starts, a trigger warning is not provided for the people in the audience who struggle with PTSD involving shootings. In the description of the movie, nothing about gunfire or the topic of shootings is mentioned. Some people view the movie as hypocritical because the film’s synopsis states that the main character navigates “significant emotional trauma” following an issue with a school shooting.

This issue is more than just a catch for viewers. The problem doesn’t use these sorts of situations that affect the main characters as a plot line, but rather they willingly showed these situations without any warning at hand for the audience. Warnings are not blocking anything from the movie or affecting the flow, and it’s important to be careful than sorry.