Robin Hood Film Set 2009 part 8
by Harry Ford
Here is my latest set of photographs from the Robin Hood film set. I had been hearing that lot of day and night scenes have been filmed recently. So wasn’t surprised to find alot had been going on. I found a whole host of tents and flags below the castle this trip. I think the largest of the tents made from blue and gold colours had Richard the Lionhearts flags flying (please correct me if I’m wrong). Many other coloured flags joined the army camps set up. If anybody can recognise any of the flags and who they belonged to I would be very interested indeed.
The portcullis had been broken and burnt through with the help of the very large battering ram seen earlier on in my blogs. If you look closely enough the earth is scattered with many arrows which had been fired from the castle walls at the invading army.
The village has more or less been completly destroyed by fire now apart from the large fortified (wooden) gates. On my way over the film set I found what at first I thought was a dead falcon with it’s head missing! I wasn’t totaly wrong in the end as it was a stuffed falcon prop with real feathers. It was obviously taken off the set by a very happy fox who took it’s head off right away. Only for the fox to find it filled with cotten wool. Better luck next time foxy 
Comments
Hi Harry.
Thanks for all the photos, it’s been fascinating.
I’m taking the trip all the way from oop North (Lancashire) to visit Bourne Woods and hopefully see some of those wonderful sets. Can you tell me if they are still up as of today, Sat 1st Aug? Or will I be too late?
I’m sure they are still up, think they will be until September. Hope you enjoy the set. There is another set in Virginia Waters which I have yet to visit with boats on the lake. I’ll try and get some photos from there soon.
[...] As you can see it makes quite the specticle especially as it was filmed during the day. After these day scenes were filmed many night scenes had been filmed the following weeks in the tents below the castle. You can see more of the tents and the extent of the damage the castle took in these scenes in my previous post here. [...]
I’m so glad I made the four hour trip to see the sets. They are spectacular. The thing I couldn’t believe was how the public could freely walk around the set! It was unreal, up close to the castle and tents. I was searching around for a keepsake or prop like an arrow but to no avail!
I hear they have just finished filming in Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Can’t wait to see the film now.
Hi Harry.
I’v been doing a few days archery for robin hood at Bourne woods,it was amazing to be in full battle fireing arrows over the castle,every boys dream come true.
Russell crowe i heard was very nice on set to everyone,he even found time and joined two of my working buddies playing a game chucking dried beans into a varse on one of the night shoots.All good fun. jj
I also did some extras work, in Pembrokeshire. It’s great to see these set photos; a world away from the beach invasion, rowing a French landing craft !
The set at Bourne Woods has now almost completely gone. There is just some bare scaffholding up where the castle was, but everything else has been cleared….
Hi
Im trying to find someone who may have worked on the set as an extra or similar as Im trying to get of a call sheet from any of the days filming from the new “Robin Hood” film. Im a collector of call sheets & am trying hard to get something from this film. If anyone can help id be happy to pay for anything they have from the film. Hopefully one of you guy’s may have something. Many thanks.
Kelvin
Hi Kelvin Wise .
simple question.Are you collecting ‘call sheets’ so youv’e got four months worth to be then equity registered by any chance?. sorry to ask.