Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-1.175.95.73-20150528183119/@comment-25862208-20150619161737

Ah, I see what you're saying about the angle of entry of the two shots. I think that can be partly explained by Juliette's lunge/lean forward when she is struck by the first Doppelarmbrust bolt. Had she not moved, both bolts would've been pretty much parallel with one another, but because her upper body leaned forward, it tilted the first bolt down at almost a 45 degree angle. That's when the second bolt hit her. As the scene continues, it appears that the first bolt shifted even more as Juliette moved her left shoulder, so some of what Lurkenfrau said earlier about costume design and the bolts being attached to her & not actually being in her should probably be considered. I noticed that there was some significant shifting of the angle of the darts when she retracted and started to turn back towards Nick, particularly the first bolt, so I illustrated that below.

These were the best screencaps I could get of that. In the first picture, the second bolt is about to strike Juliette, and as she's leaning forward, the first bolt is at a downward angle. This first image is particularly useful because the motion blur of the second bolt creates what appears to be a line on the wall, and following that with your eyes, you can see the second bolt hit Juliette almost parallel to the ground, which is not the angle the second bolt is seen after it hits her and Juliette straightens her body. What appears to have caused the most significant shifting of the bolts after Juliette was shot was Juliette retracting to her human form; she makes a twisting movement with her neck, moves her left shoulder, and straightens up a bit. The second and third screencaps are only taken within tenths of a second of each other, but you can see how much the angle of the first bolt on Juliette's left side already changed as she moved her left shoulder and started to turn towards Nick. By the time Nick was holding Juliette, the two bolts had shifted too much to use that as an accurate representation of the angle of entry of the bolts. The first screencap probably shows best the differences in the angle of entry of the two shots.

Hope this helps!