Before the lights. Before the animation. Before Weebert takes even one tiny stop-motion step…
There’s me.
A kettle on. Chickens peering through the window like they’ve got notes.
And a kitchen table getting its moment in the spotlight.
This week I filmed something a little different a behind-the-scenes look at how I set up to shoot a stop motion video for Weebert’s World. It’s not the animation itself. It’s the before bit. The cables, the lights, the cereal-box camera rigging (don’t judge), and all the tiny tweaks it takes to prep the space.
It’s scrappy. It’s real. It’s where the magic starts.
Forget polished studios and sound stages.
This is Lotty HQ also known as the kitchen table. Cleared. Wiped. Reinforced with tea.
I film here because it’s where the stories live. It’s where we imagine. Where the robots are born from scrap and given names like Berticus and Weebert and Skellybert. It’s where we prove, over and over again, that you don’t need fancy to be fantastic.
Setting up to film stop motion is a bit like building a tent out of marshmallows fiddly, slightly ridiculous, and incredibly satisfying when it works.
There are wires. There are props. There’s me mumbling to myself, “That clamp’s not going to hold, is it?”
(Reader: it did not hold.)
But somehow, it all comes together.
And this week, I decided to film that bit. Not the animation itself — not yet. Just the setting-up. Because so much of creativity happens before the camera rolls. And I wanted to share that with you.
This isn’t just content. This is the beginning of everything.
Weebert is built from scrap; a Cold War spy camera, opera glasses for eyes, and copper wire for hair. That’s not just a fun fact. That’s the spirit of this whole project.
We’re showing kids (and grown-ups!) that you can build something brilliant with what you’ve got even if all you’ve got is a cleared table and a robot with a very dramatic fringe made of electrical leftovers.
This behind-the-scenes video is for anyone who’s ever wondered:
Can I do something creative even if I don’t have all the gear?
YES. You absolutely can.
🎥 Watch the new video – come behind the scenes with me and see how we prep to film Weebert’s World.
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This whole project … this mad, brilliant idea started with one robot made from scrap. One story. One table. And a belief that creativity is for everyone.
We don’t film where it’s perfect.
We film where it’s real.
And we share it because we know there’s someone out there thinking, “Maybe I could do something like that.”
To which I say: You absolutely can.
Come see how it all begins. You’ll laugh. You’ll learn. You’ll probably shout at your screen, “Lotty, just tighten the clamp!” (I know, I know.)
But mostly?
You’ll be part of building Weebert’s World and we’d love to have you along for the ride.
Love,
Lotty x
