War Child originally chose the filmmakers to create a video about their work, but they decided to make it focus on the issue of child soldiers instead of featuring War Child directly. There were initial plans for the robot in the film to be larger and for War Child to have a role. During production, the filmmakers thought they might fail but completed it successfully. While the director did not initially love the song used in the film, he has come to feel it fits well.

1. 5 things you didn’t know about the making
of #EscapeRobot
Thomas Paul Martin
Film Director
Raw London

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_qxc815IRA

5. 1. War Child chose us, not
our concept.

10. 2. The Robot was going to
be bigger...

14. 3. War Child was going to
be in it.

16. “…We can remove the War Child adult. This is a
film about the issue rather than our work. We don't
desperately need War Child in there. We didn't
have any War Child person on Duty of Care and
I'm pretty sure that no Save the Children staff
appear in Second a Day. We don't HAVE to talk
about what we do…”

17. 4. We thought we were
going to fail. Sort of.

21. 5. I didn’t love the Marina
and the Diamonds track.

25. In summary...

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28. 1. Work with people you
trust; trust the people you
work with.

29. 2. No matter what you’re
talking about, keep it
human (and visual).

30. 3. Remove the ego.

31. 4. Be ambitious. Always.

32. 5. ‘I Am Not a Robot’ by
Marina and the Diamonds is
an absolute banger.

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