MPC had to animate the arrows hitting targets. In reality, an arrow flies in a parabolic arc. In Robin Hood Season 1, arrows fly like lasers. They go perfectly straight, horizontally, for hundreds of meters.
Before they were rendering photorealistic lions for The Lion King (2019) or crafting the quantum realm for Ant-Man , MPC was the VFX house tasked with making Sherwood Forest look dangerous, expansive, and just a little bit magical on a television schedule. robin hood s01 mpc
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The actual set was a partial facade built on a backlot. MPC extended the walls vertically by hundreds of feet and added the CGI "Lionheart" banners flapping in a wind that wasn't there. If you re-watch Episode 3 ("Sister"), pay attention to the scene where Marian looks out her window. That horizon? That’s a painting. A gorgeous, moody, 2.5D painting. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: the physics. MPC had to animate the arrows hitting targets
