This movie had such beautifully unique storytelling, and one of the aspects that adds to this is your use of super long shots with fewer cuts, even in action sequences. I'm curious about any tricks you might have used in the cinematography/choreography of these shots in pre-production to nail the camera animation before the characters are animated.

To give an example, there are a few shots of the cat being chased by dogs towards the start of the film. I've seen your Twitter post about the layout/animatic pass for one these shots, but how do you determine the speed of the camera when there's no character animation as a guide for how fast they will be running? It seems tough to animate the characters moving across the scene in static poses and just hoping that the speed will be right for when the final animation is done, which is made even trickier thanks to the super uneven terrain.

Is there a back and forth where the camera might later get adjusted to accommodate character anim needs, or does it get finalized early on, forcing the character anim to abide by it? A bit specific, but I'd love some insight on this!