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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2019
- The 2019 remake of Stephen King's "Pet Sematary" stars two different rescue cats that play the character of Church. These cats had never acted before, and it took a lot of work to get them to do what the director wanted on set. We spoke with the animal trainer and animal coordinator for the film, Melissa Millett and Kirk Jarrett, to find out what it takes to train a cat for TV and film.
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Blob blob glob glob
facial motion capture please! love your channel.
More animals! One thing that interests me is how horses are trained in movies
Harry potterrr
How horses are trained!!
Imagine you ask someone on a tv studio whats their role and they answer “oh, I’m here just to make sure the cats are safe and comfortable”
Dream job
That's... An important role
p l e a s e s i g n m e u p f o r t h i s j o b
Career goals 11/10
I want that job
Imagine being a movie star but u don't even know it cause you're a cat
Whoa! Mind blown!
That just shows it doesn't mean anything to be a movie star
imagine being a movie star but u don't even know it cause you're a human being watched by aliens....
why do I feel like I got the role of the most boring-ass side character though...
😂
I wonder how they trained the cat people in CATS
oh wait...
CATS
They’re born trained
And magical!
They shown them furry porn.
@@bobisnotaperson tf
The cat is a paid actor
Wait, do they get paid?
yeah! with treats! (?)
Yes but they receive minimum wage!
They get catnip bath parties, what more proof do you need?
Depressed Mid Life Crisis Timmy a lot of yummy cat treats
they give the salary to the owner of the cat?
That's what I want to be when I grow up, a cat actor.
sksksk
r/whoosh
Oh wow, wrong video XD I meant it for a warriors map I found, my bad!
@@grim-lin7056
All good
(But how do you mess that up lol)
A cactor
I wonder how they trained the bees in bee movie
Honey.
Jk, they threatened too call the police for incest.
Aaawh i was hoping to r/woosh someone :c
nO yOu IdIoT, tHeY aReN’t ReAl BeEs (someone r/woosh me)
You idiot! They aren’t real bees! Gosh, what has the worlds come to? A few years ago people were super smart, and now they don’t know the difference between real and fake bees? Smh...
(I’m not serious, please R/woosh me :3)
RIP Leo the cat, I heard he passed away a few weeks after the Pet Sematary released. He was a good boy.
He'll be back...
Lies
@@RidleyJones they don't come back right.
Me Sad :(
At only 4 years old?! 😪
I wonder how they trained the toys in Toy Story
They killed them and used them as puppets
They fed them human flesh as treats
All that matters is that they were safe and comfortable
You guys are clearly all dumb. And I'm smart to know that toy story was all CGI. Meaning it's all very very fake indeed.
R/wooosh
People on set: So Bob was like I'm not getting another ca-
Curt: shhh.... the cats aren't comfortable with you talking.
Honestly me @ my houseguests
@@Suupaye Saaame
I wonder how they trained the dinosaurs in Jurassic park
LSTCNTRL345 you dumbass
Same as the cat. Through hard work and treats, duh.
2humans a day
@@lakeheadlabrador6055 r/whooosh
@@caralu5771 couldn't you have just said "wooosh"? Did you have to add the "r/"? Also there is no h in the name of the subreddit, just pointing that out
Wonder how they trained the snails in Turbo?
Cucumbers
Salt.
Sienna Ugh You absolute buffoon! You imbecile! Those snails were not real. They were simply animated to appeal to the younger audience. To assume that they were trained is absolute idiocy!
butterfly r/woooosh
Arrow Head U know it was a joke right lol
Narrator - “ Both cats have never been in a movie before .”
Me - *gasp “ what natural talents the cats have “ 😻🤩
You got 666 like bad luck for you
god what beautiful cats ugh
They're so precious and when I saw that cat die in pet semetary, I cried
Klumsy Kameleon
it’s a pretty decent movie bUt it showed a gorgeous cat dying and I had to pause to movie and sob
Liz W
1. They mentioned the *undead* version of the cat in the video
2. In a movie named Pet Semetary, of course an animal is gonna die ;-;
(Can’t tell if I’m being r/wooshed)
@Liz W Imagine thinking someone mentioning the fact that an animal dies in a movie literally called "Pet Semetary" is a spoiler.
@@sach1460 well
I continued the movie and cried ugily
Now I imagine my cat putting posters of Leo near the place she sleeps in like a fangirl.
Hahahahaha lol
Sherry Holmes awwww that’s cute
Sherry Holmes
I imagine your cat writing a diary and/or fanfiction about Leo
"Leo purred softly.."
You could totally do this, you know. Christmas is coming up pretty fast :D
“They think they're training me” honey, they ARE.
Hahahahaha yesss 🐱
Of course
Is there ANY doubt at all
That is why it is hard to train them because we don't want them to train us.
@@danexour I know this is a super late reply, but I “trained” my cat to rub her body on my legs whenever I give her food and now when she does that even if I’m not holding food (she’s just giving me love), I start to think I should give her food. I catch myself and I knowingly recognize that I have accidentally Pavloved myself. I still give her the food though because she’s sweet and she deserves it 💕
4:10 just about gave me a heart attack
44EllaBonbon44 god same
Same haha
it was as if my heart jumped out of my chest when that happened
I was using bluetooth speaker and almost full volume 😭 it's does gave me a heart attack
That's scary tbh
Dude these guys get to play with cats for a living... I'm so jealous
Alex Thomas I know right like they are so lucky
It's not just 'hanging out ' they're training them
@@alex-go8mw really is frustrating, i train my cat and you really have to adjust the situation on how the cats mood is
If Leo doesn't get an Oscar nom, I lose faith in the industry.
Lol I love this
Oscar Nom sounds like an actual cat treat brand, like "Buy your cat some Oscar Nom's, He'll love it"
@@JoeEnigma For some reason I'm almost certain it's a thing.
@@mess9121 Haha, yep, it has to be a thing, it sounds too real :)
@@JoeEnigma not to break your heart but if you haven't heard leo the cat has died ;(
Narrator: And Leo, based on his personality, was a natural at being the undead church.
Me: Translation, Leo is mean as f**k. (Love cats btw, they're the best.)
"That's who he is, that's his character"
Me: 😬
Ikr. That's just like saying you're perfect for playing Umbridge in harry potter
angry kitteh >:3
Or Leo Looked mean as heck, but never actually did anything. I had a cat who had perfected "the evil stare", but he loved children.
“Seems like cats have a mind of their own”
i mean they do have a mind of their own
Yeah, because they're animals.
just like every other animal XD
I wonder how they trained the donkey in Shrek.
I'm more intrigued about how they trained the dragon tbh
Amelia Grant there’s actually a whole documentary on how it’s called How To Train Your Dragon. pretty interesting
@@lula7063 damn, I bet that's interesting, I wonder if they need fire proof equipment?
god it must be rare enough to find a talking donkey, let alone one with such good chemistry with the leading actor! i've heard working with shriek can be a bit tough!
MY ONE FAILURE IN LIFE IS NOT TYPING SHREK ENOUGH THAT AUTOCORRECT KNOWS NOT TO AUTOCORRECT IT TO SHRIEK
How do they get the cars in Cars to talk? :/
Matador 64 Gasoline and/or oil
They give them treats, like the cats.
How did they train the toys in Toy Story?
Awww I thought I was gonna get to r/wooooosh someone.
• Truest Greg • SAME LOL
"well, you train them."
*oh wow, i didn't think of that."*
LOL
@Natlus nice profile picture XD "bingsit kii"
Profile bingsit kau-
4:10 WHYYYYYYYYYYY! MY HEART!!! The volume was up!!!
It’s funny how the cats are treated better than the human actors.
Edit: A lot of weirdos are replying to this comment projecting their own antisocial thoughts on to this. ODD flex. Animals as well as humans don’t deserve abuse in the entertainment industry. Abuse in Hollywood is real and disgusting. What I meant was I wish human actors were treated as good as these cats were. The End. Can’t be any more clear than that.
Maria Mejia well yeah humans opt into doing movies cats don’t
Edit: I’m not saying they shouldn’t treat people better in films, I think they should but I don’t find it surprising that cats are treated better because they don’t choose to be in the movie while humans do
Great observation! It's so stupid because there are some people who would literally treat cats better than they do fellow humans..
duh, they’re cats
@@margot-robbie animals don't give back talk or necessarily have more needs. You people complain about this but 9 times out if 10 the animals are much easier to care for and generally approach. That and animals are a lot more sensitive to a lot of factors than humans are.
Do you want them to treat them badly?
This cat is what every trainer needs
Army! OMG!
Do you think your username is cute? Because Boi-
ARMY 💜💜💜✌
Namjoon took Jimin’s Jams and fed them to Min Holly ARMYYY
My cat watching this video:
"Huh. Weaklings, a shame to the species, acting like a trained dog"
I love how cats have acting debuts. Humans are overrated.
You mean hoomans as cats would said
I’m happy they used rescue cats
@Dork Born i will now cherish your reply
Dork Born uhm
@@honk.1393 well, he was born a dork
Rescue cats have superpowers.
and the crew is happy, too. cheapest solution ever and it works at least as well as buying some expensive cats for the role
There should've been video of her entire cat training process. I have no idea what "counter conditioning" is or what "catnip parties in the bathtub" would even begin to look like. I didn't know cats would like wet catnip. I'm even more amazed they found 3 other cats to rescue that looked like the original Church.
i'm guessing they just put catnip in the bathtub without it being filled w/ water to get the cats used to being in that environment
I assume counter conditioning is just reversing the process of classical conditioning
Conditioning is when you take a neutral object, word, etc, and give it a positive or negative association (sit=treat). Counter conditioning is taking something that already has a positive or negative association (cats hate water), and switching it to the opposite using a reward or punishment (cats get treats in water, water becomes positive). Counter conditioning is a slow process as you are potentially trying to reverse something that has a strong positive or negative association in the animal's mind already. So you take it baby steps e.g. like in the video, first was just being in the bathtub, then maybe there's a small amount of water, then a slightly larger volume. The most important thing in counter conditioning is breaking the whole process into steps, and if the animal stops responding the way you want, dial it back to the point where it was working and make the next step even smaller.
sunkenxship nice explanation!
Is "catnip parties in the bathtub" not self explanatory?
The one second run-over-by-a-truck scene seriously spooked me. 😨😨😞😟
Don't worry; the accident is fake, and the truck is OK.
And still, my cat is just lying down and biting me ;(
nom nom nom 🐱
In your cat's mind, they think they are legendary warriors fighting the leg beasts.
@@bobisnotaperson
😂😂😂😂😂
@@bobisnotaperson looolllll
If you start young with the cat it's much easier. I trained my cat when she was around 3 months.
Lil meow meow lol srry😂
Mina kang 😂❤️👌🏼
Same!
I trained mine when she was 12 lmao
Ratty.ross72 It works, it depends on their attitude ~
I wonder how they trained Godzilla
They feed him treats just like a cat
they abuse it
This is a funny name no they fed him the cats
@@saturn5541 Lol he'd need lots of cats everyday
XD
So this is how they trained the cats in the “CATS” movie...
I'd actualy watch it if this was the case
@@Burning_Dwarf same for me
They tend to have a mind of their own
We'll yeah, they're animals.
I thought that too, lol.
Yea they literally do have a mind on their own
4:10 jump scare watch out
Shoebill ty
I SERIOUSLY FREAK OUT!! MY UPPER BODY LEGICT WENT UP IN SHOOK!!! FOR REAL
+ For people who happen to check the comments and might want a warning
Seeing the trucks on the road in the theater freaked me out every time fr.
Every time it came up in the theater I jumped
One day i jokingly told my cat to sit after i did it with my dog and he did (hes 12) hes also fetches and rolls over on command i didnt train him 😂
my cat lived with three dogs when she was a kitten - she now sits when I pick up her toys to throw them
Our youngest cat always acted like a dog. She knows to sit, but that’s about it lol
GOOD CAT :0
he probably figured out, that the dogs get treats that way and just copied them.
That’s a really smart cat :0 my cat is smart, soi can train her, but she’s just being a rebel XD
They should have an Oscar category for best animal actor
The “cats” in the cats movie: 👁💧👄💧👁
It's lovely how much work they put into making the cats feel comfortable, I just wish there would be stricter rules for normal people who own pets ...
very handsome cat !!! 10/10
11/10
WarriorX Heart *facts.* 👏
@@warriorxheart 12:10 👿
@@abbeyh I don't know about you, but he is spitting straight facts right here.
@@nailthatgachamoviebyjojo2761 wdm?
My grandma's cats wont move until they want to
I get it
well, yeah, because they aren't professionally trained
@@callies8907 not all cats need to be trained
@@moochikyuu I mean obviously, but its not exactly significant that an untrained animal would act differently from a trained one
@@callies8907 ok
Awwe, the cats are already amazing on their own, but finding out they were rescues is even better :)
1:07 i screamed because the baby boy is so cute.
*_SWEET PRECIOUS FLUFFY BOY_*
The best thing about this movie is the cat tbh
As someone who taught their cat to sit on command, I actually had a different experience. Cat the cat was quite easy to work with, seeing as though he was still a baby when I started. He was easily persuaded by treats, and with me helping him along the way, he did great when I trained him!
*Cat the cat*
@@oliver1435 Trainer the trainer
“Cats are the most difficult to train”
Cat owners been knew
I wonder how they trained the bugs in "A bugs life"
Potato chips
Don't sub. It is not allowed. yes
@@zexvit9242 o k
I’m sad the cat doesn’t know it did a flipping good job for the movie
they all know it. they just don't care
:- )
Exactly. Cats think of themselves as perfect anyway, they don't need a movie to realize that. :)
Guy: Leo was, ahh, positive to the hiss....
Me, an intellectual: I believe you mean PAWsitive...
I TOLD YOU THEY ARE PAID ACTORS!
Leo is a beautiful boy
Video: *cats tend to have a mind of their own*
Me:
omg really?
The cats in "Stuart Little" were, according to the director's commentary... not actually hit in the face with branches. It was compressed air, and a lot of the CGI was actually used for removing human trainers (up to eight were usually hidden around the set) and bluescreening cats who were really in much more convenient places. Another useful tool: they had a laser pointer that flickered at the same rate, offset, from the camera shutter, so it was always off when the film camera took a picture and didn't show up on film. Essential for getting a cat to look in the place where a CGI mouse would be. Minkoff says that in the very last shot of the film, they left the laser pointer on the windowsill, and you can see Snowball (there were five persians all trained in specific tasks, out of 23 cats in total used for maybe what, eight cats on film?) look at it even after Stuart's been carried away.
Having doubles is invaluable for other purposes. Sometimes you strike absolute gold - Disney's "The Cat From Outer Space," the cat was played by Rumpler and Amber, identical brother and sister Abyssinians from the same litter. Not only is the breed famous for fierce intelligence (much easier to train than a Persian), they were actually able to train both cats for all the tasks necessary, and they would swap out one cat for the other throughout the day whenever the one performing got tired, or the one sitting got bored. Tag team.
Cat in movie: Scary
Cat in real life: Cute ❤
*church is the coolest*
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How did it take to train ALL of the animals in zootopia?
A leash
Leash, lots of leash
@@sirsnakespeare lol
Tons of food.
omg years
4:00 OMG that is so damn adorable!!!!
I don’t care if he’s a bloodthirsty, undead heartless killer
Church is a bean UwU
I'm a simple man. I see cats, I click.
Nakazawa Aira me you same bro
Same lmao😂
My cats learned how to sit on command and stay in a few hours with treats and now I just give them the hand sign and they will do it immediately.
Cats aren't nearly as untrainable as some people think.
My youngest cat knows even more commands and tricks because he is a lot more playful and interested in playing with us humans. He actually never learned how to sit from us, he is 9 months younger than our older boy who could already do these tricks and the younger one just watched his brother do it and did the same.
Took him even less time than his brother.
They watch and learn. Smart cats.
Yes, people definitely underestimate cats. They learn quick, as long as you teach it right & use treats that motivate enough. I taught my cats to go on walks with me in nature. They are leash-trained, but mostly walk off-leash, because I taught them to follow me the whole time. I also taught them to lose fear of water, they go into it on their own now & even learned swimming. And a lot of other stuff.
I met one of these cats and their trainer at Pet Expo Toronto!
As a cat owner, I have so much respect for their patience 😂
We do that with our horses, they have to choose the right brush that we have to use first. So we carried a lot of treats on us.
These were the treats that we use peppermint, sour cream and onion, hay cubes and ice.
Ive tried this, but my cat just isn’t interested in treats. 😭
Try treats that have a strong smell or just a TINY tiny piece of cheese like not even one inch
time to get a new cat then
@@mengelemaestro89
oH wELL tHen
Fun fact! Cats also really love olives!
Maddi Smith
they do??? wHAT
I just watched the video on food in films and was pretty dismayed at how much food waste there was in the name of "realism" - so as a cat lover even to begin with, I was doubly delighted to watch this video soon after, and to hear about things like gently easing the cats into behaviors and environments so they were comfortable and happy, and even that they rescue cats to use in movies! This whole video was heartwarming and I love it!
Ending the video with one of the kitties checking out the computer during the video call was perfect. What great cats!!
I JUMPED AT 4.13 WTF I DIDNT EXPECT THAT AND I HATE IT
megan chairil HAHA your cat’s dead
Yeah me too and I already watched the movie damn it
SAME!!! MY UPPER BODY SERIOUSLY WENT UP WITH MY EYES OPEN WIDE!
Lmao you guys😂
megan chairil 4:13
I just watched Pet Sematary yesterday and was wondering how they trained Church-
it makes me so happy and tear up whenever i hear the animals having fun on set and that they're not being harmed
Fricking superb, you spunky little kitty actors!!!!!!!! I love you all, you did so good.
I would have loved to learn more about getting the cat to hiss on command. I have to wonder how they handled intentionally aggravating the cat, possibly for several takes, and then bringing him back to a calm state all while stopping him from associating the cast with his forced negative response.
They did explain it. They gave him treats for doing it on his own during training and occasionally brought it out with a snake toy to then give him treats. So by the time he's actually on set, they just have to do a click or sign and he'll hiss. Like this is all blatantly stated in the video?
One of my childhood friends had a nack for animal training (she didn't decide to pursue it as a career unfortunately lol) she trained her dog to jump hoops, "dance", howl, growl, how to retrieve specific objects by name and even SNEEZE on command..and that's just what I remember off the top of my head. Random ik but for some reason your comment reminded me of it.
“We had to make it look like he was hit by a truck”
*a sound I can only describe as a cat getting hit by a truck*
That's why they are such a majestic creature..❤❤
"The cat thinks they are training me."
So thats how its done? Haha shows how highly these cats think of themselves
Of course they’re going to have a mind of their own, they’re living organisms.
Do I No U? I noticed when he said that too. Did he think cats had the minds of chairs??
Do I No U? that and “training cats is a step by step process” like yeah?? i don’t think anyone thought otherwise?
Cats tend to be more independent and stubborn than dogs though. Cats typically just do whatever they want, and give zero fucks while at it. I'm a cat person. I've lived with them.
they mean that cats are more independent pets. a dog will usually listen to basic commands if it likes you (sit, speak, etc) while a cat will be more likely to wander off to do their own thing
@@Network126 they technically are not domestic animals.
My cat is beyond untrainable I think
No no no
The trick is mostly to train them to do what they already like to do.
My cats have trained me.
@@meowypotter1246 Nice lol 🐱
I really admire this movie and I love this so much it's amazing!
"Cats tend to have a mind of their own"
Idk sounds pretty revolutionary and new to me
awww tonic looks like he's smiling at the end
Thank you insider for this important informational video
Really admire these trainers!
i love how they rescue the animals. Theres another video on dog training for movies and they said that the dogs were unwanted. its a lot more ethical to have a rescue dog or cat, then just buying one from the pet store. so props to them
“He’s kind of like a growly kitty” can relate 😂😂
I wonder how they trained the bulls in Ferdinand to talk...
this is actually really interesting, pet cemetery is one of my favorite horror movies and seeing how they did it really intrigued me
This was so interesting!
1:07 " where one particular cat character named churuch plays a staring role"
Shows the camera a boring face
Me: that's a pretty big role
imagine the bloopers when church mess up the lines and start to laugh 😹😂
Didn't think I'd want to learn about this, but now glad I did
I remember seeing something similar in the extras of the first Smurfs film, years ago. They were filming the cat while he was on a bench, and suddenly the cat said "Yeah, no" and jumped off and walked away 😌 They also explained how different it is to train cats from dogs
3:43 “Leo was picked to play the undead version” did nobody catch that? Lol
?
Yellowbootz huh
I did :D
?
Yellowbootz yeah that’s the term used for something that comes back from the dead.
Such handsome bois 💕
I did not even realize the are different cats !!!
I'm glad to see the cats were safe and comfortable throughout filming!
We need more, *MOVIES LIKE THIS*
That’s jump scare got me at 4:09
Church is so adorable omg
This is exactly what I needed to know
Imagine being a cat or dog trainer for Hollywood as a living. It’d be so cool and rewarding in the end when they get on the big screen