How Actors Were Safely Shot With Arrows Before CGI Revolutionized Special Effects
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#6WEC7)
Tyler Bell explained the various practical effects used to safely shoot arrows at actors in movies and television long before the use of CGI special effects.
Today we test how before CGI they shot actors with arrows using practical effects.
Practical solutions include a pop-up arrow that goes under a shirt and activates with a hidden wire, the use of strategic wooden body armor with a two-pronged arrow, and a cannon that shoots multiple arrows at once.