The video says otherwise. The bow was handed to her already nocked:
She raises the bow pointing towards the host who handed her the bow, then draws it sweeping it in the path of the on-stage hand-held camera operator, then high across the audience.
Remember that arrows fly in a ballistic parabola, not in a straight line. So the fact that the heavy arrow isn’t pointed in a straight line at the audience members in the orchestra section is irrelevant, that arrow could still hit them.
Pointing a very much real loaded weapon at the audience (assuming the video editing didn’t fake the presence of the live audience) is very irresponsible and un-professional, and presumably condoned by the production company which previews the acts in advance (with a full dress rehearsal) of the final taping of the show.
Always aim loaded weapons in a safe direction. The full to capacity audience section of a theater is not a safe direction. I teach archery and I’ve staged archery on stage as part of theatrical productions. Aiming real weapons at the audience is a big, big no, never, nohow, noway ever.
