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There's a scene in "Brave" (the animated movie) where you see Merida fire an arrow. The scene is rendered in slow motion and you can see the arrow flex as it le

by inetsee 11y ago

There's a scene in "Brave" (the animated movie) where you see Merida fire an arrow. The scene is rendered in slow motion and you can see the arrow flex as it leaves the bow. I knew that arrows flex as they are being fired, but this was the first time I had seen it in slow motion. Comparing what I saw in the movie with this video suggests to me that the animators did a very good job of getting this detail right.

MichaelApproved 11y ago
The details in modern animation are impressive. I've seen behind the scenes videos where the animators will do research on such small details, such as the arrow bending. I remember seeing them study animal fur in great detail to make Monsters, inc. realistic.
- eridius 11y ago
  Every movie Pixar makes tries to push the bounds of animation in some way. Monsters, Inc. was specifically focusing on animating hair properly.
raverbashing 11y ago
While I'm sure the animators asked for the detail, maybe it is a feature of their physics engine (rather than doing it by hand) ?
- Devid2014 11y ago
  No, surely this not the case. Todays physics engines are not that physically accurate.
gknoy 11y ago
As an archer, this was one of my favorite scenes in the movie. :)
ronilan 11y ago
Merida shoots for her own hand: https://youtu.be/2EIFWjLYNWA https://youtu.be/2EIFWjLYNWA
Laremere 11y ago
That scene is impressively accurate in ways few people will notice: In addition to the awesome slow motion, there are three boys who shoot before Merida starts her shooting. The first two miss horribly, and the third one gets a bull's eye on the sheer chance that he was startled as he was loosing the arrow. What's interesting is that all three have different types of bad form seen in real life, and they miss (or hit) in the way someone who has that bad form would. Source / Much more info: http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/new-brave-trailer-gets-it-right/ http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/new-brave-trailer-g...
- geon 11y ago
  In the promo pics for the Avengers movie, Hawkeye was wearing double arm guards. As I understand it, they are only worn by n00bs who haven't learned to rotate their elbow to the right instead of down. (Try it. You will see what I mean.) http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/HawkeyeRenner1.jpg http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/HawkeyeRenner1.jpg
  - 2muchcoffeeman 11y ago
    It's virtually impossible to not hit your forearm assuming you are doing everything correctly. If you look at all the high level recurve comps, everyone has an an arm gaurd. The same is true for chest protectors. Google videos of the World Champs or Oylmpics and you'll see what I mean. Even if this were not the case, why risk it? You don't want to get hit by a bow string on a 44lb bow in the middle of a comp.
    - Gibbon1 11y ago
      When I was shooting bows, if you did things properly, you wouldn't hit your forearm. The problem is if you blow chow and don't notch the arrow properly. Or the notch blows out. Or the arrow shatters when you let loose. Then the string will hit your arm. I got hit once with a 35lb bow. I don't want to get bit by a 60-70 lb bow string nohow no way.
      - 11y ago

by inetsee 11y ago

MichaelApproved 11y ago

The details in modern animation are impressive. I've seen behind the scenes videos where the animators will do research on such small details, such as the arrow bending. I remember seeing them study animal fur in great detail to make Monsters, inc. realistic.

eridius 11y ago
Every movie Pixar makes tries to push the bounds of animation in some way. Monsters, Inc. was specifically focusing on animating hair properly.

raverbashing 11y ago

While I'm sure the animators asked for the detail, maybe it is a feature of their physics engine (rather than doing it by hand) ?

Devid2014 11y ago
No, surely this not the case. Todays physics engines are not that physically accurate.

gknoy 11y ago

As an archer, this was one of my favorite scenes in the movie. :)

ronilan 11y ago

Merida shoots for her own hand: https://youtu.be/2EIFWjLYNWA https://youtu.be/2EIFWjLYNWA

Laremere 11y ago

That scene is impressively accurate in ways few people will notice: In addition to the awesome slow motion, there are three boys who shoot before Merida starts her shooting. The first two miss horribly, and the third one gets a bull's eye on the sheer chance that he was startled as he was loosing the arrow. What's interesting is that all three have different types of bad form seen in real life, and they miss (or hit) in the way someone who has that bad form would. Source / Much more info: http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/new-brave-trailer-gets-it-right/ http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/new-brave-trailer-g...

geon 11y ago
In the promo pics for the Avengers movie, Hawkeye was wearing double arm guards. As I understand it, they are only worn by n00bs who haven't learned to rotate their elbow to the right instead of down. (Try it. You will see what I mean.) http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/HawkeyeRenner1.jpg http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/HawkeyeRenner1.jpg
- 2muchcoffeeman 11y ago
  It's virtually impossible to not hit your forearm assuming you are doing everything correctly. If you look at all the high level recurve comps, everyone has an an arm gaurd. The same is true for chest protectors. Google videos of the World Champs or Oylmpics and you'll see what I mean. Even if this were not the case, why risk it? You don't want to get hit by a bow string on a 44lb bow in the middle of a comp.
  - Gibbon1 11y ago
    When I was shooting bows, if you did things properly, you wouldn't hit your forearm. The problem is if you blow chow and don't notch the arrow properly. Or the notch blows out. Or the arrow shatters when you let loose. Then the string will hit your arm. I got hit once with a 35lb bow. I don't want to get bit by a 60-70 lb bow string nohow no way.
    - 11y ago