Tia Kratter, responsible for Merida's initial character design, has admitted that Merida was based on British model and actress Lily Cole and Brenda Chapman came up with the concept of Merida's character as a combination of her daughter and one of her friends.
Writer and director Brenda Chapman considers it a fairy tale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. She also drew inspiration from her relationship with her daughter.
Merida's family's castle is quite historically accurate in the way it was designed. The walls are made of stone with wooden doors. Stone castles replaced castles that were entirely made of wood in the 12th century.
Princess Merida is aged 16 daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, who rule their Scottish kingdom. Queen Elinor's traditional expectations that Merida takes a husband and become a proper royal lady come into conflict with the single-minded and impetuous Merida's insistence that she controls her own destiny.
Though the film takes some creative liberties regarding Merida's coming-of-age story, Scottish culture oozed from the setting and narrative. From the clothing to the incorporation of lore and supernatural entities, this tale of breaking and mending the familial bond is one meant for the ages.
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What is Rapunzel based off of?
Rapunzel's real story is said to have been loosely based on a true story about a woman, Saint Barbara, in Italy around the 3rd century. The story of Barbara was that she was so beautiful that her father felt he had to lock her in a tower to protect her.
The story of Brave touches on a long-lost kingdom from days past where there was a King and he had four sons. And while Brave is set in historical times, it might surprise many to hear that this is actually a reference to a real-life king and his sons.
Disney has been fiercely criticised for creating a "glammed-up" version of Princess Merida from the Pixar fantasy fairytale Brave for a new toy line. Bow-slinging Merida has been given a makeover in advance of her official induction into The Disney Princess Collection.
In this film, Merida, the princess invites women to fight for their rights to choose activities they like even though it is the activity of men, such as riding and archery, opposing the standard of beauty made to refer to a woman as beautiful, and refusing an arranged marriage.
Young MacGuffin was to be the suitor that Merida chooses in the initial version of the film (hence his name), but this idea was later changed. In the final version, it's explicitly stated that Merida does not want to marry at all, and ultimately remains single by the end of the film.
Pixar president Jim Morris told Entertainment Weekly “We don't make a sequel unless the director of the original film has an idea that they like and are willing to go forward on.” Since director Brenda Chapman publicly parted ways with Pixar, it seems exceedingly unlikely that the filmmaker will come up with a fresh ...
In the late 19th century, the area surrounding Mérida prospered from the cultivation of henequen, the fiber of which was used in the production of rope and twine, as well as for the production of licor del henequén, a traditional Mexican alcoholic drink.
DunBroch from Brave was inspired by two castles in Scotland: Eilean Donan and Dunnottar Castle. While the animation clearly mirrors the real structures—the stone facade and horizontal profile, in particular—there are some irregularities.
Released in 2012, Brave is set in medieval Scotland and Glasgow actress Kelly Macdonald provides the voice for Merida, the only Scottish Disney princess to date. Other well-known Scots actors such as Sir Billy Connolly and the late Robbie Coltrane also feature in the Pixar film.
Brave presents a strong female protagonist and a powerful plot that features the healing of a mother-daughter relationship rather than romantic love, making it worthy of feminist interpretation. Feminist criticism aims to bring to light examples of patriarchy present in media artifacts.
Princess Merida, the “tomboy” princess in Disney/Pixar's Brave, won praise for escaping the strictures of femininity and maternal demands for feminine propriety.
As Mulan's father is elderly and she has no brothers, she dresses as a man and goes off to fight in her father's place. Total badass feminist, this one. In fact, I would say Mulan was the first official feminist role-model in a Disney Princess film.
In Temple Run: Brave, Mor'du acts as the main antagonist who chases Merida in the forest, just like in the movie, his bear roars are the same and he usually appears when the player collides on the left or right which make him rush to catch it.
It is the typical kirtle style with long fitted sleeves, a fitted bodice, and a flared skirt. The dress also has a gold panel around the hem as well as gold trim around the neckline and tips of the sleeves. Merida's wild hair is tamed in the form of a wimple, a cloth headpiece that covered the neck and hair.
Though Brave is set in a fictional medieval Scotland, Pixar's animators were deeply affected by the real country's raw beauty and rich heritage, visiting Scotland both in the summer of 2006 and late 2007.
Princess Merida is the protagonist of Disney•Pixar's 2012 animated feature film Brave. She is a Scottish princess from the kingdom of DunBroch, the daughter of Queen Elinor and King Fergus, and the older sister of Harris, Hubert, and Hamish.
For Brave, Pixar created three tartans for three clans while using the real Clan Mackintosh tartan for the Macintoshes in the movie. Pixar registered the DunBroch tartan with the official Scottish Register of Tartans. It wasn't the first time. Apparently, in the 1940s, Disney registered the tartan for…
