BRAVE

Activity Guide

Table of Contents

Section Page(s)

Overview 3

Film Vocabulary 4-8

Character Profiles 9 - 11

Voice Actor Bios 12 - 15

The Making of Brave 16-31

Film Trivia 32

Discussion Questions 33

Critical Acclaim 34

Activities 35 - 60

Resources 61-63

Contributions 64

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 FILM OVERVIEW
Brave
PG | 139 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | June 22, 2012

Walt Disney Animation / Pixar Animation Studios

Merida, an impulsive young lady and daughter to King Fergus and Queen Elinor, is determined to
carve her own path in life. Defying the age-old and sacred customs, Merida's actions inadvertently
unleash chaos and fury with the other Scottish Lords, and in the process she stumbles upon an
eccentric and wise old woman who grants her ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to
discover the true meaning of bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it's too late.

Directed by: Voice Actors:

Mark Andrews
Brenda Chapman
Kelly Macdonald - Merida (voice)
Billy Connolly - Fergus (voice)
Co-Directed by:
Emma Thompson - Elinor (voice)
Steve Purcell
Julie Walters - The Witch (voice)
Robbie Coltrane - Lord Dingwall (voice)
Screenplay by:
Kevin McKidd - Lord MacGuffin / Young MacGuffin (voice)
Mark Andrews
Craig Ferguson - Lord Macintosh (voice)
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Brenda Chapman
Irene Mecchi

Story by:
Brenda Chapman
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 Film Vocabulary
Actor/Actress A person who plays the role of a character in a movie.
Action A term called out by the director to start filming. (“Action!”)
Action Film A fast-paced adventure movie.
Agent A person responsible for the business of an actor or artist.
Animated Film A movie made by a series of picture
drawings or computer graphics.
Behind the Scenes The work done off-camera while making a film.
Bird’s Eye View A camera shot from above as a bird would see flying over.
Boom Microphone A microphone placed on an extendable rod.
Boom Operator A member of the sound crew who works the boom microphone.
Best Boy A person responsible for operation and equipment
in the lighting or grip departments.
Blockbuster A movie that is a major success.
Camera A device for recording images.
Camera Crew A group of workers that operate the cameras.
Camera Angle The point of view from the camera.
Cameo A small part played by a famous person as a guest appearance.
Cast All the actors that are in a movie.
Casting The process of choosing actors for a movie.
Cinematographer The person in charge of the photography and camera work .
Clapboard A small board that shows the information of the
movie. It is “clapped” to start the take.
Clip A brief segment from a movie.
Close-up Shot A zoomed in shot that shows a person or item that fills the screen.
Comedy A funny movie.
Costume Designer A person who designs the costumes for a movie.
Crane A large machine that lifts the camera high off the ground.
Credits A list of all the people who helped make the movie.
Critic A person who writes reviews of films.
Cut A term used by the director to stop filming. (“Cut!”)
Digital Camera A collection of digital files used to store and convey digital
Profile (DCP) cinema (DC) audio, image, and data streams.
Director The leading artist on a movie set, in charge of making the film.
Documentary Film A movie that shows real events and follows actual people.
Dolly A wheeled support for the camera.
Double An actor who stands in for another actor during special scenes.
Drama A movie with an exciting, emotional, or unexpected storyline.
Editing Choosing, arranging, and fixing clips to create a scene.

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Editor A person in charge of editing.
Extra A person who appears in a movi
movie
e usu
usually
ally a
ass part of a crowd or
in the background of a scene.
Fast Motion A shot in a movi
movie
e that appears to move much faster than
other shots.
An event where multiple film
filmss are viewed and often prem
premiere
iere for the
Film Festival
firs
fir st time. Some film festivals ha have
ve a consistent theme
throughout each film.
Filmmaking The process of making a movie from an initial idea
through scriptwriting, shooting, directing, and editing.
Flashback A scene that cuts to events that happened previously.
Foreign Film produced
A movie produ ced outside the US.
Frame One of the many still images which com
compose
pose the complete
picture
moving picture
Genre A category of films, defined specific elements of style, form, etc.
Green Screen A green background thathatt actors are filmed in front of that allows
computer graphics to be added later to chang
change e the background.
Hair Stylist
A person responsible for maintaining actors’
actors’ hairstyles during filming.
High
High-Angle
-Angle Shot A camera angle that lookslooks down on a character.
character.
Independent Film A movie produced
produced by a smaller studio.
Horror A scary movie.
Lighting
Lighting Ar tificial
Artific ial light used for various technical and artistic purposes.
Lighting
Lighting Crew A group of technicians
technicians who install and operate lighting.
Long
Long-Sho
-Shott A camera shot from far away, usually showing the the character
as very small in comparison to their surroundings.
Low-Ang
Low-Angle
le Shot A camera shot that looks up at a character.
Make-up
ake-up Artist A person in charge of actors’ make
make-up.
-up.
Movie A series of still or moving images captured by a camera.
camera.
Music Arranger Someone who adapts a musical composition for
voices and instruments to a movie.
Musical A movie where
where singing and dancing is used as a main
form of communication.
Premiere The first official showing of a movie.
movie.
A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of making
Producer
of a movie.
Prop Anything an actor touches or uses on the set.
Pyrotechnician A member of the crew with expertise in fire or explosions.
explosions.
Reel A metal spool that holds film.

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Scene A series of shots used in a movie.
Screenplay A script written to be produced as a movie.
A movie based on an imagined future, usually relating to scientific or
Sci-Fi technological advances.
Script The written text of a play, movie, or broadcast.
Sequel A movie that is a continuation of the story of a previous movie
Setting The time and space in which a story takes place.
Set Designer The person responsible for turning the idea of the movie’s
environment into a set that can be used for filming.
Slow Motion A shot in a movie that appears to move much slower than the rest
of the shots.
Sound Effects Audio added by the sound crew after filming.
Soundtrack The collection of songs played throughout the movie.

Spaghetti Western A western filmed in Italy, often with American leading actors.

Special Effects An artificial effect used to create an illusion in a movie.

Spoof A comedy movie that humorously mimics another movie/

Star A famous actor or actress.

A device that keeps a camera steady and makes the
Steadicam
shot look smoother.

Storyboard Pictures created to show the ideas of a scene or movie.

Studio A company that produces films.

Stunt A dangerous action performed in a movie.
Stuntman A performer who fills in for actors during dangerous scenes.

Take One version of a specific shot in a movie.

Talkie An early term for a film with sound and recorded voices.

Trailer A short preview for a movie.

Trainer A person who works with animals to perform various behaviors in movie.

Voice-Over Artist A person hired to do the voices for animated characters.

Wacom Cintiq A device that allows a user to draw images on a tablet screen that are
digitized into a computer, like electronic pen and paper.

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Western A movie about cowboys, usually set in western North America.
A phrase used by the director when finished shooting. (“That’s a wrap!”)
Wrap

Writer A term for someone who creates written work for a film.

Zoom Shot A shot that magnifies an object’s size.

3-D Film A movie that uses technology to make it seem as though
you are watching it with three dimensions.

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 Visualizing Film Vocabulary

Reel Script Low Angle Shot

Boom Microphone
and Operator Dolly Wacom Cintiq

Clapboard Steadicam Storyboard

Camera Crew Director Film Festival

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Character Profiles

Merida
Merida is a Princess by birth and an adventurer by
spirit. She loves her family, but she wants to
control her own destiny.

Queen Elinor
A vision of grace, wisdom and strength of
character, Queen Elinor is fiercely dedicated to
the well being of her family and kingdom.

Wee Dingwall
Gangly, guileless and often lost in his own head,
Wee Dingwall is the awkward son of Lord
Dingwall.

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Young MacGuffin
Speaking an uncommon Scottish dialect that
is incomprehensible to most, Young
MacGuffin is a shy lad of large proportions.

King Fergus
Protector of his kingdom and family, King
Fergus is a heroic warrior with a majestic bear
cape, broad sword and a knobby peg leg.

Lord Dingwall
Grumpy and quick-tempered, he doesn't let
being height-challenged get in the way of
solving his problems with fisticuffs.

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Lord Macintosh
The wiry, indigant and off-kilter leader of his clan,
Lord Macintosh is always a heartbeat away from
hysterics.

Lord MacGuffin
Strapping Lord MacGuffin is a man of few
words, though his deep voice resounds across
the land demanding respect.

Angus
Black as night with ivory muzzle and fetlocks,
Angus is Merida's powerful Clydesdale and her
most trusted confidant.

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Voice Actor Biographies

Kelly Macdonald - Merida (voice)

Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress. Macdonald's career
began while she was working as a barmaid in “Glasgow”. She saw a leaflet
advertising an open casting session for “Trainspotting” and decided to audition,
winning the part of Diane. Other roles include Mary O'Neary in “Two Family House”,
and an actress playing Peter Pan in “Finding Neverland''. She had major roles in
Robert Altman's British period piece “Gosford Park” and in “Intermission”, as
Deirdre. On radio, she portrayed Mary in the 1999 BBC radio drama “Lifehouse''. On
television, her highest profile roles have been in two BBC dramas, the Paul Abbott
serial “State of Play”, and the one-off Richard Curtis piece “The Girl in the Café”. For
her performance in “The Girl in the Café”, she was nominated for the Golden Globe
Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2006, and won the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a
Movie. Macdonald starred in the 2005 film “Nanny McPhee”, and has since had
supporting roles in “A Cock and Bull Story”, and the Coen brothers' Academy
Award-winning “No Country for Old Men”. She was nominated for a BAFTA Award
for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2010, she played her first comedy role, in
the British independent romantic comedy film “The Decoy Bride”. In 2011, she
played the "Grey Lady" (revealed to be Helena Ravenclaw) in “Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows – Part 2”, the final instalment of the “Harry Potter” film franchise. In
2012, she provided the voice of Merida, the heroine of the Disney/Pixar film “Brave”,
and starred as Dolly in “Anna Karenina”. From 2010 to 2014, she starred in the HBO
crime drama “Boardwalk Empire” as Margaret Thompson. In 2011, she and the rest
of the show's cast were awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 2016, she starred innRicky
Gervais' “Special Correspondents” as Claire Maddox, and “Swallows and Amazons”
as Mrs. Walker. In 2016, she played the lead role in "Hated in the Nation", an
episode of the anthology series “Black Mirror” for which she received critical
acclaim. In November 2016, Macdonald was featured in the trailer for Danny Boyle's
“Trainspotting 2” confirming she will reprise her role as Diane from the original film.

Billy Connolly - King Fergus (voice)

William Connolly (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish stand-up comedian,
musician, presenter, actor and artist. He is sometimes known, especially in his
homeland, by the Scots nickname "The Big Yin". He developed an interest in folk
music, eventually being an accomplished banjo player and a member of the band
“Humblebums” with Gerry Rafferty. The jokes he told between songs eventually
took over his act and he became a full-time comedian. Already a big star in
Scotland, he became a household name in the UK after appearing on “Parkinson” in
the early seventies. Billy has released many recordings and videos of his concert
performances over the years. He has expanded his repertoire to include acting,
appearing in a number of television dramas and films, most recently in the USA. As
an actor, Connolly has appeared in such films as “Indecent Proposal”,
“Pocahontas”, “Muppet Treasure Island”, “Mrs. Brown” for which he was nominated
for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, “The Boondock Saints”, “The
Last Samurai”, “Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events”, “The X-Files: I
Want to Believe”, “Brave”, and “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”. In
2017, he was knighted at Buckingham Palace by Prince William, for services to
entertainment and charity. He is one of the UK's top comedians.

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Emma Thompson - Queen Elinor (voice)
Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. She is
considered one of Britain's most accomplished actresses.Thompson was educated
at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she became a member of the
Footlights troupe. After appearing in several comedy programmes, she first came to
prominence in 1987 in two BBC TV series, “Tutti Frutti” and “Fortunes of War”,
winning the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in both series. Her first
film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy “The Tall Guy”, and in the early 1990s,
she frequently collaborated with her then husband, actor and director Kenneth
Branagh. The pair became popular in the British media and co-starred in several
films, including “Dead Again” and ``Much Ado About Nothing”. In 1992, Thompson
won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the period drama
“Howards End”. In 1993, she garnered dual Academy Award nominations for her
roles in “The Remains of the Day'' as the housekeeper of a grand household and “In
the Name of the Father” as a lawyer. Thompson scripted and starred in ``Sense and
Sensibility”, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and
a BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Other notable film and television credits include:
the “Harry Potter” film series, “Wit”, “Love Actually”, “Angels in America”, “Nanny
McPhee”, “Stranger than Fiction”, “Last Chance Harvey”, “Men in Black 3”, “Brave”
and “Beauty and the Beast”. In 2013, she received acclaim and several award
nominations for her portrayal of P. L. Travers in “Saving Mr. Banks”. She is an
activist in the areas of human rights and environmentalism and has received
criticism for her outspokenness. She has written two books adapted from “The Tale
of Peter Rabbit”.

Julie Walters - The Witch (voice)

Dame Julia Mary Walters (born February 22, 1950) is an English actress, writer and
comedian. She is the recipient of four BAFTA TV Awards, two BAFTA Film Awards,
a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. She has been nominated twice for an
Academy Award, in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
Walters came to international prominence in 1983, for playing the title role in
“Educating Rita”. It was a role she had created on the West End stage and it earned
her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. It also won her a BAFTA and
a Golden Globe. She received a second Academy Award nomination, this time for
Best Supporting Actress, for her role in the 2000 film “Billy Elliot'', which also won her
a BAFTA. Her other film credits include “Personal Services”, “Prick Up Your Ears”,”
Buster”, “Stepping Out”, “Sister My Sister”, “Girls' Night”, “Titanic Town”, “Calendar
Girls”, “Wah-Wah”, “Driving Lessons”, “Becoming Jane”, “Mamma Mia!” and its
sequel, “Brave”, “Paddington” and its sequel, “Effie Gray”, “Brooklyn”, “Film Stars
Don't Die in Liverpool”, and “Mary Poppins Returns”. She played Molly Weasley in
seven of the eight “Harry Potter” films. On stage, she won an Olivier Award for
Best Actress for the 2001 production of “All My Sons”.On television, she collaborated
with Victoria Wood, and appeared with her in several television shows including
“Wood and Walters”, “Victoria Wood As Seen on TV”, “Pat and Margaret”, and
“dinnerladies”. She has won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
four times, more than any other actress, for “My Beautiful Son”, “Murder”, “The
Canterbury Tales”, and for her portrayal of Mo Mowlam in “Mo”. She starred in “A
Short Stay in Switzerland” in 2009, which won her an International Emmy for Best
Actress. In 2006, she came fourth in ITV's poll of the public's 50 Greatest TV stars in
Britain. In 2008, she released her autobiography titled “That's Another Story”.

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Robbie Coltrane- Lord Dingwall(voice)
Anthony Robert McMillan (born March 30, 1950) is a Scottish actor and author. He is
known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” films, as Valentin Dmitrovich
Zukovsky in the “James Bond” films “GoldenEye” and “The World Is Not Enough”, and
as Dr. Eddie Fitz Fitzgerald in the British TV series “Cracker” during the 1990s. At age
12 he made his acting debut on stage at Glenalmond College, delivering rants from
"Henry V". At that time he was fascinated with Marlon Brando and Orson Welles. In
1973 he made a documentary titled "Young Mental Health", which was voted Film Of
The Year by the Scottish Education Council. At that time Robbie took the name
Coltrane, due to his love of jazz, and began a career of a stand-up comedian at night
clubs, at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as an actor with Edinburgh's renowned
Traverse Theatre. In 1980 Coltrane made his debut on television as Border Guard in
BBC's mini-series “The Lost Tribe”, then made his big screen debut as a limousine
driver in “Death Watch”. In 1981 he appeared in his first leading role as Detective Fritz
Langley in “Subway Riders”.He became a well-known face through appearances in The
Comic Strip series, then in “Alfresco” and Comic Strip movies “The Supergrass” and
“The Pope Must Diet”. His career took off during the early 1990s with the leading role
as Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a forensic psychologist, in the popular TV series
“Cracker”. He made such a good performance as Valentin Zukovsky, a KGB man
turned St. Petersburg mafia lord, in “GoldenEye” the producers called him back for the
same character in “The World Is Not Enough”. Then Coltrane hit another lucrative
franchise; he was personally selected by J.K. Rowling as her choice to play half-giant
Rubeus Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” films. In early 1990s Coltrane wrote an
autobiography, "Coltrane in a Cadillac", and also starred in the eponymous TV series,
“Coltrane in a Cadillac”, in which he indulges his passion for vintage cars and tells with
great humor about his 4000-mile journey across America from Los Angeles to New
York. In 2012, he voiced Lord Dingwall in “Brave” and played Mr.Jaggers in “Great
Expectations”.

Kevin McKidd- Lord MacGuffin/Young MacGuffin (voices)

Kevin McKidd (born 9 August 1973) is a Scottish-American television and film actor,
director and an occasional singer. McKidd made his screen debut as the vicious gang
leader, "Malky Johnson", in “Gillies MacKinnon's Small Faces”. After playing Tommy in
“Trainspotting”, McKidd was cast as Father Deegan in the 1996 Christmas episode of
“Father Ted”. In 2004, he played James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, the third
husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in the BBC mini-series “Gunpowder, Treason &
Plot”. In 1999 he was part of an ensemble cast in Mike Leigh's “Topsy Turvy”, depicting
the development of Gilbert and Sullivan's “The Mikado”. McKidd, like the rest of the
cast, did his own singing in the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas portrayed in the film. In
2001 he played Elliot in the British film “Understanding Jane”. He appeared in Ridley
Scott's “Kingdom of Heaven”, and in the 2002 film adaptation of “Nicholas Nickleby”. In
Neil Marshall's horror film, “Dog Soldiers”, he appeared as Pte Lawrence Cooper. In the
2005 BBC drama, “The Virgin Queen”, he played Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
In 1998, McKidd was in the four part BBC2 series “Looking After Jo Jo”. He was also
one of the main stars of the joint HBO/BBC series “Rome”, where his portrayal of the
soldier/politician Lucius Vorenus received critical acclaim. His role in “Rome'' led to
McKidd's casting in the medical drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Owen Hunt. He
made his directorial debut in the series's seventh season, directing the episode "Don't
Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)". He won the award for "Best Performance in a Drama
Series Multi-Episode Storyline" at the 14th Prism Awards for his work in "Grey's
Anatomy". He played the role of Poseidon, god of the seas, and the father of Percy
Jackson in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”. McKidd has done
voice work and voiced the character of Jezz Torrent, flame haired lead singer of the
fictional Scottish hard rock band Love Fist in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice
City". He is also credited with playing a voice-over for the character John "Soap"
MacTavish in “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” and “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3”. In
2012, he voiced the characters of Lord MacGuffin and his son Young MacGuffin in the
Disney/Pixar film “Brave”. Having grown up in Elgin, McKidd used a variation of the
Doric dialect for Young MacGuffin.
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Craig Ferguson- Lord Macintosh (voice)
Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish-American television host,
comedian, author, and actor. He hosted the syndicated game show “Celebrity Name
Game”, for which he won two Daytime Emmy Awards, and “Join or Die with Craig
Ferguson” on History. He was also the host of the CBS late-night talk show “The Late
Late Show with Craig Ferguson”. In 2017 he released a web show with his wife
Megan, titled “Couple Thinkers”. After starting his career in the UK with music,
comedy and theatre, Ferguson moved to the U.S. where he appeared in the role of
Nigel Wick on the ABC sitcom “The Drew Carey Show”. He has written and starred in
three films, directing one of them, and has appeared in several others, including
several voice-over roles for animations. His other acting credits in films include
“Niagara Motel”, “Lenny the Wonder Dog”, “Lemony Snicket's A Series of
Unfortunate Events”, “Chain of Fools”, “Born Romantic”, “The Ugly Truth”, “Kick-Ass”,
and as a voice-over actor, “How to Train Your Dragon”, “How to Train Your Dragon
2”, “Brave”, and “Winnie the Pooh”. Ferguson has also written three books: “Between
the Bridge and the River”, a novel; “American on Purpose”, a memoir; and “Riding
the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations”, “Humiliations”, “Hallucinations &
Observations”.

Steven Cree - Young Macintosh( voice)

Steven Cree (born 29 February 1980) is a Scottish film, television, and theatre actor.
Cree began his professional career in 2001 with the guest starring role of Gerry in an
episode of CBBC's weekly comedy series “G-Force”. He went on to guest star in an
episode of BBC's medical drama “Doctors” and ITV's prison drama “Bad Girls”. In
2009, Cree made the transition from television to feature films by starring as Antonio
Vivialdi in Condor Pictures' “Vivaldi, the Red Priest” and director Craig Lyn's short
film “Closing Doors”. He was then cast in episode five of ITV's six part mini-series
“Identity”. Cree worked with actor/director Noel Clarke twice in 2010
as he was featured in the thriller “4.3.2.1.”, and the comedy “Huge”. Cree features in
the supernatural thriller film “The Awakening” and in director Tom Harper's short film
``The Swarm”.Throughout 2012, Cree had minor roles in major motion pictures such
as Disney's “John Carter” and “Brave”, British thriller “Tower Block”, and the Noel
Clarke comedy “The Knot”. He next tackled minor roles in Disney's live action film
“Maleficent” and the made for TV film “Marvellous”. It was announced in 2014 that
Cree has been cast in the role of Ian Murray in Starz time travel drama “Outlander”.
Once again reuniting with director Noel Clarke, Cree was featured as Brick in the
feature length crime drama “Brotherhood”. He then portrayed Captain James Stagg
in 2017's D-Day film “Churchill”. In 2018, Cree voiced the character ATRi in
“Hasraf Dulull's 2036 Origins Unknown”. That same year, the Netflix drama “Outlaw
King”. In addition to his roles in films and television, Cree wrote and starred in a short
film entitled “The Little Princess”, which was co-awarded Best Short Narrative film at
the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. Late fall 2019 saw Cree feature in
the latest feature film installment of the “Terminator” franchise, “Terminator: Dark
Fate”. It was announced in summer 2019 that Cree would be portraying popular
Scottish character Gallowglass in the second season of Sky One's television drama
“A Discovery of Witches”. Early 2020 saw him star as Chief Constable Stuart Collier,
in Sky One's political thriller “Cobra”.

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THE MAKING OF
BRAVE

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 BRINGING BRAVE TO THE SCREEN

"One day when his three boys were fighting with their sister over what to watch on television,
Mark Andrews asked his 12-year-old daughter to give the boys some time to watch a show.
She fired back: "I can't do anything. They get away with murder." For Andrews, one of two
directors behind Brave, it was a moment of inspiration that reverberated throughout the making
of the animated feature. "I instantly wrote that down and brought it in the next day to put into
Brave," he says. "Brave" strikes out into new territory for Pixar Animation Studios because it's
centered on the company's first female protagonist -- a Scottish princess named Merida --
whose story is built around her relationship with her mother, Queen Elinor, that has become
fractured and eventually is mended. "I pulled a lot of experience from my own family," says
Andrews. "I have a daughter and three sons, just like King Fergus and Queen Elinor. A lot of
the lines of Merida were right out of my daughter's mouth."

The film's story was conceived by Brenda Chapman, the project's first director, as a "love letter"
to her feisty daughter. "My daughter was the heart and soul of the piece," she says. "I wanted
to do a story that had a female protagonist. My daughter was about four at the time and just
questioning me at every turn." Additionally, Chapman wanted to concentrate on the relationship
between mother and daughter because mothers often are absent or replaced by evil
stepmothers in traditional fairy tales. "I went through many fairy tales looking for a mother-and-
daughter story, and I just didn't find one," says Chapman. "I'd find some with a mother, but she
would disappear for no apparent reason, and a prince would show up to save the day. So I
decided to try to create my own story. Looking for the right setting for her original tale, initially
titled The Bear and the Bow, she began working with production designer Steve Pilcher seven
years ago. "Merida is an independent spirit, a child of nature," says Chapman. "She is an
adventurer carving her own path, so we wanted a look that was wild and untamed." They found
it during the course of two research trips to Scotland, particularly in an area known as the Dark
Mile -- which Pilcher describes as "a dark forest full of moss and rock and boulders" -- and a
castle called Dunnottar, set on a cliff. "It was rustic and ruined and beautiful," attests shading
art director Tia Kratter. "We thought we were going to have the king and queen's castle on the
shores of a loch, but Dunnottar was so beautiful, set on a lone cliff, that we changed the
location of the castle in the film." The team also had some fun. "Every night we would either eat
in an old inn or go to a local pub to see that convivial atmosphere of eating around a big
common table. That lent itself to the family-meal sequence," says Kratter, chuckling. "I took it
upon myself to sample a different type of scotch every night."
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In late 2010, however, with the film's release only 18 months away, Pixar heads John
Lasseter and Ed Catmull decided to take the project from Chapman, one of the directors on
DreamWorks Animation's 1998 film The Prince of Egypt, and turn it over to Andrews, who
had directed the 2005 Oscar-nominated short One Man Band for Pixar and had been serving
as a consultant on Brave. While the studio had replaced directors midproject before -- Brad
Bird, for example, was not the original helmer of the 2007 Oscar-winning hit Ratatouille -- it
did take a short-term publicity hit given that Chapman was the first female director entrusted
with a Pixar title.

Brave producer Katherine Sarafian, Chapman and Andrews all cite "creative differences"
when asked to address the change, though they insist the finished film kept to Chapman's
vision. "I do feel, in the end, the female voice is still very much there," says Chapman. Adds
Sarafian: "Merida's personality traits and spiritedness that Brenda had brought forth were
hopefully further developed by the story artists and Mark Andrews. Everyone in our brain
trust, they all wanted that film [Chapman conceived]. It was more building on the vision and
seeing it through, making both Merida and her mother as appealing as possible and honing
the relationships." Andrews says Chapman set down a structure that remained in place, but a
key challenge moving forward was establishing the right balance in the movie's central
parent-child relationship. The filmmakers didn't want the mother to appear too mean, but if
they made her too nice, then Merida became unlikable. "We had to see both people's point of
view," says Andrews. "I think the answer was the scene where they are talking to each other
-- without really talking to each other." Each expresses her perspective about the other while
in separate rooms in the castle.

While the king helps the queen communicate through role-playing -- he plays Merida -- the
film's editor cut back and forth between the parents and their daughter, allowing the audience
to see what mother and daughter are feeling. "I think that was a real breakthrough after I
came on board," says Andrews. Another change: The dramatic moment when the queen
transforms into a bear was moved inside the castle. "Originally the bear changed outside the
castle in isolation, and it was really scary," says Andrews. Having it happen inside the castle,
with King Fergus and his pals nearby, added comedy to the mix." (The Hollywood Reporter)

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 ON THE TECHNOLOGY
"Merida's most striking feature, her fiery red hair, came to reflect her untamed personality. But
her curly locks posed a challenge for Pixar's research-and-development team. On previous
movies, the studio had used a fur-and-hair system created for Sulley, the big blue guy in 2001's
"Monsters, Inc." But that wouldn't work for "Brave." "Merida's wild, curly red hair supports her
personality, so we wanted to make sure it was fantastic," says Steve May, the film's supervising
technical director and Pixar's chief technology officer. "But curly hair is really hard to do.
Computationally, that was complicated. You also want it to be soft and beautiful, but it has to
hold this curly shape. Those things are kind of in conflict. With the old system, if we wanted it to
maintain the shape of her hair, it would give us stiff hair." So a new hair-simulation program was
devised.

For the first time, Pixar also used a proprietary animation system dubbed Presto, replacing the
previous system, Marionette, which the studio had used since its 1986 Oscar-nominated short
Luxo Jr. that featured the desk lamp used in the Pixar logo. The new system was designed to
feel less like a technical tool and more like a creative one because, says May, "over the last 15
years, animators have become much more artists, and there are far fewer that are computer
scientists and programmers." Pixar also developed software used to add textures that enhanced
the look of the Scottish highlands. "The trees, ground and rocks in the forest are covered with
millions of pieces of vegetation, moss, clovers and grass," explains May. "A custom system was
developed to procedurally grow these objects. We give the computer certain 'rules' to follow,
such as put certain plants in the shade, and we set these rules so the computer would go
through the process of distributing the plants on surfaces without a person having to place each
one by hand. The result is you get this soft, lush texture." (The Hollywood Reporter)

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 ON THE SOUND

"Brave" also became the first feature to take advantage of Dolby's immersive
Atmos sound system, which could be heard by moviegoers in the first 14 theaters
then equipped for it. The film's mix was led by seven-time Oscar-winning sound
designer and re-recording mixer Gary Rydstrom at Skywalker Sound.

"We did the mix we normally would then did an enhanced mix," says Rydstrom.
Atmos allowed the filmmakers to "change the spatial feeling," he adds, citing a
scene in which Merida storms into the castle, throwing open large doors. "We took
the creaking and banging of the doors up to the ceiling speakers so it felt like the
doors were 40 feet tall. We could get the additional vertical space."

Although skeptics wondered whether Pixar should be playing in the world of

Disney princesses, there was an audience waiting for the film. The $185 million
production went on to gross $535 million worldwide." (The Hollywood Reporter)

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 ON THE MUSIC

"'Patrick Doyle isn’t new to animation but his first taste of working with Pixar on “Brave” brought
him even closer to his Scottish roots. Doyle, in fact, was in Scotland when he was first
approached to compose the quintessentially ethnic score accentuated by Highland bagpipes.
That was three and a half years ago when Brenda Chapman was still at the helm (she was
subsequently replaced by Mark Andrews during the last 18 months of production). But much of
the film was in already in place: Merida’s conflict with her mother, Queen Elinor, the magic and
monstrous Mor’ Du, and the flavor of medieval Scotland. “I wrote ‘Song of Mor’Du’ fairly early
on and that was a main constant,” Doyle recalls. “And how much of it was used was entirely up
to the story. I made many trips to Pixar and saw evolutions of the drawings and these
revolutionary costumes.”

Chapman described the central familial tripartite of the father, mother, and daughter to the
composer. “He was impetuous and strong and powerful,” Doyle explains. “The mother was
very strict and insistent that the rules and traditions be followed to keep the kingdom from
falling apart. And Merida is her mother’s daughter. These were ding-dongs that could actually
look in the mirror at each other.” Doyle was particularly struck by the fluidity of movement and
great depth in the animation. But, of course, when he glimpsed the rich colors, skies, and
seasons of Scotland — the way the sun peaks out after lunch and the fluffy white clouds roll in
— it just kindled all the Celtic connections in him. Doyle was inspired to write basic ideas for a
lullaby, a lament, and a duet for Elinor and Merida, which continued to evolve organically.

“But I said to them there was a lot of moss everywhere,” Doyle continues. “Is there that much
moss in Scotland? And they said, ‘Yeah.’ I didn’t think so but when I went back to Scotland, I
went, ‘Oh, my god, it’s everywhere!’ I live in London and I’d forgotten. So I came back and told
them how proud I was of how well they captured this. And there’s a great evolution in the story
between the mother and the daughter — it’s a wonderful narrative, a real crucible. And each of
these characters has a life of their own.”

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The marathon-like schedule for animation provided a lot more time to ruminate. Doyle had
eight months to hone the score: weaving in ancient sounds with the indigenous bagpipes and
flute. He drew inspiration from the musical culture that he grew up within his home. His father
was a folk singer and everyone was made to sing in his family. At the same time, the
composer added a slight contemporary vibe with homemade drums by Jim Sullivan, who
additionally whacked pieces of deer hide with a mallet. Doyle also tempered the use of
orchestration, preferring to rely on alternate small groups recorded with close mics with
additional larger groups recorded with other mics to provide an intimate chamber sound.

The bagpipes were especially fun to work with. “It’s an incredible instrument that’s been
around for 2,000 years and you could hear it for miles. For me Medieval meant using open
fifth and third; they had pentatonic scales. It’s standard for those songs and laments and jigs.
The early pipe is chromatic so they could do more symphonic coloration with the orchestra.
Sometimes I wanted a gentle bagpipe played quietly near you. These were the things you
had to consider.”

Of course, it all revolves around Pixar’s first female heroine, the feisty red-head, Merida.
Doyle wanted to evoke an arrow running through the air with her music. And even though
there’s a dark undercurrent in “Brave” in terms of the rift between Merida and Elinor and the
resulting curse that turns the Queen into a bear, Doyle didn’t want to make his laments too
lamentable. “When the danger came, I wanted to make its mark by not having us go too thick
unnecessarily. For me, I wanted the beautifully detailed imagery to come through. I wanted to
be delicate and careful not to overwhelm what was wonderful about it.” (IndieWire)

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DESIGNING THE WORLD OF BRAVE

"The film’s setting in lush, wild Scotland was an essential source of inspiration.
Recalls Director Mark Andrews, “We went to the highest part of Scotland and the
lowest part of Scotland—and everything had a story.” (Pixar)

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 CASTLE DUNBRUCH

"Castle DunBroch was deliberately designed to be almost part of the promontory on

which it sits. “We didn’t want the castle to be a new castle,” says production
designer Steve Pilcher. “No way! We wanted it to have been there a few hundred
years before the film took place.” (Pixar)

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 THE HIGHLANDS

"Production designer Steve Pilcher says that the notoriously variable Highland
weather was one of the most important elements to capture in order to convey the
right sense of place. “Mist, rock, ruggedness, skies that are changing all the time with
the rain, snow, big patches of sunlight moving over large landscapes…That’s what
has to come across.” (Pixar)

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 RESEARCH TRIPS

"Brave's creative team made multiple trips to Scotland, determined to

get the details just right. They returned with notebooks full of drawings
and memories, and cameras filled with pictures—everything from
majestic panoramas to careful studies of lichens and mosses." (Pixar)

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 THE STANDING STONES

"Merida’s fate changes when will-o’-the-wisps lead her to a mysterious

ring of ancient stones. The Standing Stones, which became the film’s
visual anchor, were inspired by the real-life Callanish Stones on the Isle
of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides." (Pixar)

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 THE WITCH HUT

"When Merida first enters the mysterious hut in the forest, the woman within claims to be no
more than a simple woodworker—the Crafty Carver. It doesn’t take long, however, to
discover that she is rather more than she seems." (Pixar)

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MEET CO-WRITER & DIRECTOR,
BRENDA CHAPMAN

Brenda Chapman (born November 1,1962) is an American writer,

animation story artist and director. In 1998, she became the first
woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio,
DreamWorks Animation's “The Prince of Egypt”. She co-directed
the Disney/Pixar film “Brave”, becoming the first woman to win the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. She went to Lincoln
College in Lincoln, Illinois, receiving her Associate of Arts degree.
She then moved to California and studied animation at the
California Institute of the Arts. During her summer breaks, she
began her professional career working in syndicated television
animation. After graduating with a BFA in character animation, she
was a story trainee on the Disney animated film “The Little
Mermaid:. She was one of several key story artists on Disney's
“Beauty and the Beast”. She later served as head of story, the first
woman to do so in an animated feature film, for Disney's animated
classic “The Lion King”. Chapman also worked in story and
development for other Disney animated films such as “The
Rescuers Down Under”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, and
“Fantasia 2000”. She joined DreamWorks Animation in the fall of
1994.Chapman was one of a team of three directors who worked
on 1998's “The Prince of Egypt”, along with Steve Hickner and
Simon Wells. She became the first woman to land a directing role
in an animated feature by a major studio. She also worked on
“Chicken Run”, and several projects in development while at
DreamWorks before leaving the studio on maternity leave.
Chapman moved to Pixar in 2003 after being invited by her old
colleague Joe Ranft, where she had a brief stint on “Cars” before
beginning development on and directing “Brave”. Chapman
conceived the project and was announced as the director of the
film, making her Pixar's first female director. In October 2010,
however, she was replaced by Mark Andrews following creative
disagreements between her and John Lasseter. She remained on
staff until shortly after the release of Brave, and started work as a
consultant at Lucasfilm at the end of July 2012, where she helped
solve story problems of “Strange Magic”.In 2013, she returned to
her old employer, DreamWorks Animation, where she helped in
developing “Rumblewick”/ Chapman then left DreamWorks
shortly afterwards though. In May 2016, it was reported that
Chapman would make her live-action directorial debut with “Come
Away”, a fantasy drama that serves as a prequel to “Alice in
Wonderland” and “Peter Pan”.

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 MEET CO-WRITER &
DIRECTOR, MARK ANDREWS

Mark Andrews (born September 12, 1968) is a Pixar employee,

best known as a director and screenwriter of the 2012 Pixar feature
film Brave. Mark began the character animation program at CalArts
in 1989. He enjoyed being in an environment surrounded by fellow
artists, and participated in a couple of the school’s stage
productions as well. In his fourth year, while on an internship at
Disney Animation, Mark realized he wanted to be a storyboard
artist, because it touched ‘all parts of the process.’ He enjoyed
being the ‘architect,’ as opposed to being the ‘carpenter’ building
the individual ‘braces and joints of the building.’After CalArts, Mark
worked at Chuck Jones Film Productions before being hired on as
a storyboard artist at Warner Bros Animation. It was there that he
became infamous for his high-energy story pitches and bold
pproach to drawing storyboards. He drew the attention of his
mentor and friend Brad Bird while working on Bird’s “The Iron
Giant”. It was this relationship that led Mark to Pixar in 2000. He is
also considered to be Brad Bird's "right-hand man". Mark was head
of story for “The Incredibles'' and soon after co-directed the short
“One Man Band” with effects animator Andrew Jimenez. He is also
the father of Maeve Andrews, who voiced Jack-Jack Parr in “The
Incredibles”.The short appeared in front of “Cars” and was
nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2006 Oscars. After he
moved on to become story supervisor on “Ratatouille”. The film
received the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 2008 Oscars.
Mark also helped out on both “Cars” and “Toy Story 3” contributing
as a story artist. In 2012, he and fellow Pixar director Andrew
Stanton co-wrote Stanton’s “John Carter'' with screenwriter and
novelist Michael Chabon. Andrews replaced Brenda Chapman as
director of “Brave”. Both were credited as directors, and they won
the 2013 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. His most
recent films he has been a part of were: “The Legend of Mor'du”,
“Monsters University” and “Inside Out”. Some of his student films
have been featured at MOMA's exhibition TOMORROWLAND:
CalArts in Moving Pictures.

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MEET CO-WRITER & DIRECTOR,
STEVEN ROSS PURCELL

Steven Ross Purcell (born October 1, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator,

director and game designer. He is most widely known as the creator of “Sam &
Max”, for which Purcell received an Eisner Award in 2007. Since being a comic, the
series has grown to incorporate an animated television series and several video
games. A graduate of the California College of Arts and Craft, Purcell began his
career creating comic strips for the college newsletter. He performed freelance
work for Marvel Comics and Fishwrap Productions before publishing his first Sam
& Max comic in 1987. Purcell was hired by LucasArts, then known as Lucasfilm
Games, as an animator in 1988, but was subsequently laid off when the project he
was working on was canceled. Despite being laid off, he was rehired to produce
artwork for the graphic adventure game “Zak McKracken” and the “Alien
Mindbenders”. Purcell was later commissioned to create the cover artwork for
“Maniac Mansion” and the first two “Monkey Island” games and researched into
whips for the adventure game version of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. He
worked with animation in several LucasArts adventure games, published three
more “Sam & Max” comic books during this time, and began creating brief comic
strips for LucasArts' quarterly newsletter, Purcell wrote the six-issue comic book
series “Defenders of Dynatron City” for Marvel Comics in 1992. After producing the
cover artwork for “Herc's Adventures” and concept art for “The Curse of Monkey
Island”, Purcell left LucasArts. Purcell joined with story editor Dan Smith from
Canadian studio Nelvana to create an animated television series of Sam & Max in
1996. The result was the 1997 series “The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance
Police”, broadcast on Fox Kids in the United States, YTV in Canada and Channel 4
in the United Kingdom. During the development of the television series in 1997,
Purcell co-authored and illustrated the “Hellboy Christmas Special” with Mike
Mignola and Gary Gianni. After the brief stint at ILM, Purcell moved to Pixar.
Despite being employed by Pixar. At Pixar's story development department, Purcell
contributed screenplay material and voice work for the 2006 film “Cars”, and
designed the character of the Screaming Banshee in the short “Mater and the
Ghostlight”. Providing scripts and voice work for three games based on “Cars”,
Purcell became involved with THQ's video game adaptations of Pixar films. Purcell
was credited for involvement with Pixar's 2007 film “Ratatouille”; he provided the
voice for the character of Carl in “George & A.J.”—a 2009 short based on the film
“Up”. Purcell was key for Pixar's 2012 film “Brave”, co-directing the film alongside
Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews in addition to providing work for the
screenplay; “Brave” constituted Purcell's biggest role in a Pixar project to date. In
2014, Purcell wrote and directed the Pixar Christmas special “Toy Story That Time
Forgot” which aired on ABC on December 2, 2014. In 2005 , Purcell began a “Sam
& Max” webcomic hosted on the Telltale Games website. The webcomic ran for
twelve issues, and it earned Purcell an Eisner Award for "Best Digital Comic" when
the comic finished its run in 2007. Purcell assisted with design and writing when
“Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space” began development in 2007. Through
Telltale Games, he released two sketchbooks of his Sam & Max work and a 20th
anniversary edition of “Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway” in 2008. Purcell later
painted the cover artwork for “Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island”.

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 BRAVE TRIVIA
● Merida’s name in Hebrew means “to rebel”.

● If you look closely at the title, you can see Merida hidden in the letter B and Elinor
hidden in the letter E.

● The chess set in Merida’s room is the famous Lewis Chessmen from the 12th century,
unearthed in Scotland in 1831.

● If Merida’s curls were straightened, her hair would be four feet long and reach the middle
of her calf.

● The story of Merida and her relationship with her mother, Queen Elinor, was inspired by
director Brenda Chapman’s own relationship with her young daughter.

● Three is a magic number in the film, not only does Merida have three suitors from three
feuding lords, she has three brothers who are identical triplets as well.

● The scene where Fergus pretends to be Merida while Queen Elinor practices her lecture
was inspired by the preparations Director Mark Andrews and Producer Katherine Sarafian
would have.

● Young Macguffin is speaking a real language, he is speaking Doric, a dialect from

northeast Scotland.

● With five dresses, plus a cloak, quiver, hand wrap and necklace, as well as torn dresses,
Merida has a total of 22 different costumes. She also has five different hairstyles in the film.

● For each clan, artists at Pixar created a new, unique tartan design Pixar left some easter
eggs in the film, which are: the Pizza Planet truck from “Toys Story”, Sully
from “Monsters Inc.”, A113 ( A CXIII) carving in the door frame above Merida that refers to
CalArts rooms number.

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 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. What is the name of the princess in “Brave”?

2. What are the names of Merida's three brothers?

3. What was the name of the kingdom where Merida and her family lived?

4. What did King Fergus lose at the beginning of the movie when he fought Mor'du?

5. What are the names of the clans that visit the kingdom?

6. What are the names of the suitors fighting for Merida's hand?

7. What was the contest of skill about?

8. What skill does Merida show off to try to win her own hand against the suitors?

9. When Merida slashes Elinor's tapestry, what does Elinor Do?

10. What is Merida's horse named?

11. What is the profession of the witch whom Merida meets?

12. In exchange for the potion, what does merida give the witch?

13. The potion from the witch turns the victim into what animal?

14. When will the potion become permanent?

15. What does Merida use to turn her mother into a bear?

16. What do the triplets use to distract Fergus during his bear chase?

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 CRITICAL ACCLAIM

Variety - “Adding a female director to its creative boys' club, the studio has fashioned a
resonant tribute to mother-daughter relationships that packs a level of poignancy on par
with such beloved male-bonding classics as Finding Nemo.”

New York Magazine/Vulture - “In addition to being fast, funny, and unpretentious,
Brave is a happy antidote to all the recent films in which women triumph by besting men
at their own macho games…”

Rolling Stone - “Brave is a rousing, gorgeously animated good time.”

Chicago Tribune - “"Brave" offers sweep, a few songs about touching the sky and
following your dream and at heart a story of a daughter and a mother learning to cut
through society's expectations.”

Washington Post - “Youngsters with a taste for adventure will no doubt overlook the
movie's workmanlike outlines and applaud its spirited, self-reliant heroine, who proves
to be as appealingly unruly as her tumble of Titian curls.”

Brave won: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, a BAFTA
Award for Best Animated Film, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature
Film

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Draw Your Own Family Crest

E R ON I L E N E E U Q
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FATE, FAIR LASS, ARCHERY,
TARGET, DESTINY, BEAR CUBS,
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1. VBAER __________
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4. SBRCEOSAT _________ ___________
5. ECYRRAH _________________
6. PYTTSARE _____________________
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Instructions:

1. Print the activity book on regular paper or cardstock and cut out the pages.

2. Assemble the book so that the pages are in order, using glue or double-sided tape to stick the backs of the pages together.

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Instructions

1. Print the template on regular paper or cardstock. Cut out each piece with a craft knife or scissors.
Do not cut along the dashed lines -- this is where you will fold the paper.

2. Line up Merida’s back with her torso and glue them together so the design is two-sided. After the
glue has dried, fold the bottom part of Merida’s torso towards you along the blue dashed line. Then,
fold Merida’s face away from you along the gold line across her shoulders.

3. Take Merida’s chest piece and fold along each dashed line. Make each fold away from you. Glue
the G tab and F tab to the back, white side of Merida’s chest.
4. Spread glue on the H tab of Merida’s chest and press it into place on the H area on Merida’s
torso. Make sure her shoulders are lined up correctly.
5. After the glue dries, add glue to the I, J, K, and L tabs and press them into place. Hold the pieces
together until the glue dries. You may need to use a pen or pencil inside her chest area to position
the tabs just right.

6. Fold each of Merida’s arms and glue them so the design is two-sided. Make sure they are lined up
before the glue dries. Attach the arms to each side of Merida’s body under each shoulder by gluing
the E tab to the E area and D tab to the D area.

7. Cut slits in the top of the skirt along the gray lines, opposite of where you fold each A tab. Fold
each of the dashed lines at the top of the skirt and each A tab away from you. Starting from left to
right with the purple side of the skirt facing you, glue each A tab to the back of the skirt piece next
to it to create pleats.

8. When you are finished gluing the A tabs you may find it easier to glue the C tab to the inside of the
skirt before gluing the final B tab pleat.

9. Attach Merida’s completed torso to her skirt by gluing the white side of the tabs at her waist to the
top of the skirt over the areas labeled M and N. The crease on the skirt should be in the back.

10. Fold the quiver of arrows and glue the two white sides together. Fold the O tab back and attach
it to the O area on Merida’s skirt.

11. Attach the end of a thin brown string (you can color a white string brown with a marker) to the top
of Merida’s bow with glue. Stretch the string over Merida’s chest to the bottom of the bow. Cut
the string where it reaches the end of the bow and glue that end to the bow.

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Brave Playset Instructions:

1. Print the playset on regular paper or cardstock and cut out the pieces.

2. For each character, fold the dashed lines away from you and the solid lines toward you. When all folds have been made,
ZZsecure the front and back of the piece together using glue or double-sided tape. You should find that you've created a
ZZstand for the piece.

3. Cut out the background, and cut across the white diagonal lines. Fold along the blue dotted lines and the brown dotted lines
ZZto create a contour, then glue or tape the tabs to the bottom of the background to secure the shape.

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White or clear shrink paper for Inkjet printers (you can purchase this at art/craft supply stores or online}
Printed charms
Scissors
Hole punch
Jewelry accessories

Instructions:

1. Print out the charms on shrink paper and cut out each charm.
2. To use your charm as a bracelet or necklace pendant, you need to punch the hole where indicated before
you bake it. If you want to attach the charm to a barrette or pin, simply cut under the hole to remove it.
3. Follow the baking instructions on the shrink paper package to bake the charms in a toaster oven or
conventional oven. Watch the shrink plastic dance and curl! Do not allow children to use the oven.
4. If the charm is still slightly curled when it is finished baking, use a piece of cardboard or a spatula to flatten
it completely.
5. Apply a couple coats of clear nail polish to seal the ink on the charm and make it water-resistant. Let it dry.
6. Add the charm to whatever you'd like! You can use jump rings and jewelry chain to create a charm bracelet
or necklace, or attach it to a cell phone charm strap to decorate your phone or zipper pulls. You can also
glue them to barrettes and hair pins.

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https://peoplepill.com/people/julie-walters/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001059/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
https://peoplepill.com/people/kevin-mckidd/
https://peoplepill.com/people/craig-ferguson/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2189243/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2189243/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t11

VOICE ACTOR PHOTOS

https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/68926/68926_v9_ba.jpg
https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/351/351_v9_ba.jpg
https://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/persons/19595/19595_v9_bd.jpg
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THE MAKING OF
https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/brave
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pixars-braintrust-making-brave-studios-419511
https://peoplepill.com/people/mark-andrews-8/
https://peoplepill.com/people/brenda-chapman/
https://peoplepill.com/people/steve-purcell-1/
https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/brave-patrick-doyle.jpg

ACTIVITIES
https://family.disney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brave-merida-3d-papercraft-sf-
printable-0412_FDCOM.pdf
https://family.disney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/brave-queen-elinors-crown-craft-sf-
template-0412_FDCOM.pdf
https://family.disney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brave-activity-book-
printable-0312_FDCOM.pdf
https://family.disney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brave-playset-printable-0412_s.pdf
https://family.disney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/brave-charms-sf-
printable-0412_FDCOM.pdf
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring_page.php?id=280
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring.php?id=12036
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/Brave/brave-64.jpg
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring.php?id=12035
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http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring.php?id=12030
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring.php?id=12028
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring.php?id=12024
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/coloring.php?id=12018
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/Brave/brave-30.jpg
http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/Brave/brave-10.jpg

TRIVIA
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/trivia
https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2014/09/13/15-things-you-didnt-know-about-brave/

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2014/09/04/how-well-do-you-know-brave/

CRITICAL ACCLAIM
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brave_2012/reviews?type=top_critics&sort=

PHOTOS
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/mediaviewer/rm2980492800
https://movies.disney.com/brave-gallery
https://movies.disney.com/brave-gallery?image_id=52f5376c0a172d5ba8008389
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https://movies.disney.com/brave-gallery?image_id=52f5376c0a172d5ba800838d
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Created By: Claire Waterhouse

Project Research: Cynthia Estrada

Claire Waterhouse

Film Vocabulary: Rebecca Chen

Megan Honey
Benjamin Goedert

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