Likewise, the opening few minutes of The Secret Life of Pets shows some very funny ways dogs, cats, birds and a lost guinea pig find to amuse themselves during those long, lonely hours. “Of course, we have the scripted lines from our writer, and the actor brings something to it.Have you ever wondered what your pet does while you’re away? Imagining an answer to that question appears to be the inspiration for this animation.

“I, working with the editor, will try to shape a performance with all the pieces we have, and when we record the actors a lot of things can happen,' he says. The Secret Life of Pets 2 director, Chris Renaud, explains how the cast, animators, and editors come together to create the hilarious scenes you see in the movie.

“It’s one part voice actor, and one part animator, and one part editor, because you do really choose the timing and how it sits with everybody else in the scene.”

“In animation, the character’s performance is three parts,” editor Tiffany Hillkurtz explains in the clip. You also get an inside look at the movie making process, which starts off of rough black and white animations of basic storyboards. The clip shows the film’s incredible voice cast in action, including comedians Eric Stonestreet, Patton Oswalt, Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, and Dana Carvey. Bringing these beloved pets to life involves a lot of ingenuity, and in this exclusive clip from Illumination, you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at the Secret Life of Pets 2 and see what it takes to create these magical moments. The Secret Life of Pets 2 may be animated, but the movie’s characters and performances are so charismatic, it's easy to forget they’re not real.

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