"I wanted to put whatever specifics I could from my first-hand experience into what Puss in Boots would be facing too," he said. In early 2020, Meacham told Insider, he started to experience "very intense" panic attacks himself and wanted to inject that firsthand experience into the sequence. ![]() While artists don't always choose the scenes that they work on, he said, head of story Heidi Jo Gilbert was "incredibly supportive" and assigned it to him. Taylor Meacham, a storyboard artist on the film who boarded the sequence, told Insider via email that he volunteered specifically for it. ![]() The sequence came together through personal experience and layered input at all phases of the process It's a stark departure from other sequences in the film, which range from bombastic action sequences to cheery character moments alike. To effect that sentiment, Crawford said that the team used "every tool we could," from Puss' racing heartbeat to his shallow breaths, to the camera's very shallow depth of field. He embarks on a journey with his ex-fiancée, Kitty Softpaws, and a small dog nicknamed Perrito in pursuit of a "Wishing Star" that will grant him a wish to restore his lives. He's unbothered until he realizes that he's now just as mortal as everyone else - and this time around, there's a wolf bounty hunter hellbent on taking his life. "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" strips down its hero fairly quickly: after a fight with a giant, Puss dies for the eighth time. The 'panic attack' sequence shows Puss in Boots at his most vulnerable Insider spoke with the film's director, Joel Crawford, as well as storyboard artist Taylor Meacham and animator Prashanth Cavale about how the "panic attack" sequence came together - and how they drew from their own experiences while approaching it. Nowhere does that shine through more than in a "panic attack sequence" midway through the film, a moment that went viral in January and resonated heavily with audiences. In the Academy Award-nominated animation film "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish," the titular main character undergoes a panic attack - and online, the sequence has spread like wildfire as people remark about how much it rings true to their own experience.Ī sequel to the first "Puss in Boots" film, which premiered in 2011 and was itself a spinoff of the Shrek franchise at DreamWorks, "The Last Wish" is more visually and emotionally ambitious than anything else in the series. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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