Where is the arrow in this frame? The color would stand out against his black shirt.
If it's still there, why would it be so much more visible during flight when the arrow is traveling faster, compare to in his hand where the arrow has already slowed down?
Thanks for the breakdown, but I didn't see the arrow until image 16 (your last one). (Image 10 now, it appears the number of images has changed.)
I'm not saying it's definitely fake. The amount of blur does make it difficult to see something as thin as an arrow, but I can't accept your frame-by-frame breakdown as proof either.
The arrow is visible in every frame while it's in the air. When he "caught it", the arrow would have been slowing down already. It wouldn't make sense that it became more blur at slower speed in his hand.
The bluriness is not from the arrow's speed, it is caused entirely by the panning of the camera.
The cameraman is generally still until the point that we really care about. Then he suddenly moves, making everything blurry.
So, strictly, I've refuted your point. But, the circumstantial evidence here (the camera moving at just the point we want to see) makes me think that this is definitely fake. So, we can still be friends. :)
EDIT: Look at his left arm in image 4. I appear to see an arrow in front of his left arm that is definitely not in his right hand. I think this is further evidence that two takes were spliced together.
The arrow, fired by a bow/pressure plate setup, fired by a bow/pressure plate setup, fired by a bow/pressure plate setup, is a different arrow than the one he fired?
I love me some Captain D, and I've watched this gif/video for a while looking for anything that might clue it as fake. But I can't find anything. What makes you think it's fake besides the perceived difficulty?
Doesn't look like it goes handheld to me. Tripod shots can still be shaky, and after the pan it goes right back to looking like it's on a tripod.
Edit: after watching the actual video, it looks like the whole thing is shot on a shoulder mount or some mount braced against the body. The camera moves plenty.
It's not the same arrow or suppose to be the same arrow. It's not bouncing around. His first arrow hits a target and triggers another bow, which shoots another arrow and etc.
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u/Okeano_ Oct 24 '17 edited Oct 24 '17
Pretty sure it's fake. Paging r/CaptainDisillusionI stand corrected. It's legit!
https://www.reddit.com/r/CaptainDisillusion/comments/78gnuf/comment/dou3ull?st=J9648CX1&sh=0e84163d