Question: When Griswald knocks the helmet off Hawkins and it appears his head is knocked off, you can actually see a face in the helmet on the ground. But why? Hawkins is supposed to be hiding his head in the armor. So why did the filmmaker put a face in the helmet after it was knocked off?
raywest
18th Jun 2019
Answer: I watched the clip on YouTube, stopping and rewinding it, but I cannot see what looks like a face inside the helmet. Maybe it's just the way light and shadows are reflecting on the metal.
raywest ★
You can see it as the helmet flies to the ground. Try slowing the video down if that helps. I can't say this is the reason, as I haven't done any research, but if I had to venture a guess, the helmet needed something to sit on so that it wouldn't fall off the armour early. They probably needed a mannequin strong enough to survive the horses' jerking around, but weak enough that the mace could decapitate it.