Purina Pro Plan

Case study · Animals

Fuel For Life

More life in every day.

A dog runs along a rocky shore beneath distant mountains
A curious cat peers over an open music book

The idea

Fuel For Life follows the everyday bond between people and their pets, finding energy, curiosity and companionship in moments that feel observed rather than staged. Across a family of dog-and-cat films, director Terry Rayment keeps the camera close to the small routines that make a shared life richer.

Dual

DualCampaign film · 30 seconds

Cat

CatCampaign film · 30 seconds

Supporting cut

Cat, 15

Cat, 15Campaign film · 15 seconds

The approach

Scale, with intimacy

The treatment began with a productive tension: make the world feel expansive without losing sight of small connection. Mountain ranges, open shoreline and decisive camera movement give the films scale, but the emotional center stays with how a person and pet share space, attention and momentum.

The visual language keeps those qualities working together. Wide frames establish environment, closer observation protects unrepeatable gestures, and natural light gives every setup presence. Rather than watching action from outside, the camera moves at the animals’ level, letting athletic performance and quiet companionship belong to the same world.

They connect the emotional with the elemental.

Terry RaymentDirector · From the director’s treatment

Athletic and intimate.

Terry RaymentDirector · From the director’s treatment

Our camera won’t be observing from a distance, it’ll move with purpose.

Terry RaymentDirector · From the director’s treatment

Making it

Letting real behavior lead

The creative challenge was simple to describe and exacting to capture: let pets behave like pets while every department remained ready for the instant a gesture became the story. The production built generous space around each setup, giving the animals time to settle, explore and connect naturally with the people in frame.

The campaign moved between quiet interiors and broad coastal landscapes without losing that intimacy. Close observation connects the scales. A paw at a piano, a run toward the water or a glance across a room all carry the same idea: nutrition supports more of the life pets already love to live.

Behind the campaign

Fuel For Life

Fuel For LifeMaking-of documentary · 2 minutes 23 seconds

On set

Built around the animals

A three-day British Columbia shoot paired two units across homes, forest and shoreline. That structure let the team protect the pace of the animals and move when a useful weather window appeared. Camera, art and production stayed responsive as cloud, rain and changing coastal light continually reshaped the day.

Experienced animal trainers worked beside each pet and handler, preparing actions while preserving room for surprise. Instead of forcing identical takes, the crews watched for authentic pet-and-human moments and adjusted coverage around them. The resulting images feel precise without becoming rigid, balancing the practical demands of a large production with the looseness that real animal behavior needs.

Credits

Made together

Client
Purina Pro Plan
Production
Friends & Family Films
Director
Terry Rayment
Managing Director / Executive Producer
Scott Kaplan
Executive Producer
Jed Herold
Executive Producer
Alana Hearn
Producer
Jeff Tannebring
Service Production
Filmgroup
Service Producer
Oliver van Beek
Service Executive Producer
Nathan Miles
Service Executive Producer
Renee Poulin
Head of Production
Alexandra Wilson
Director of Photography
Brandon Kelly
Second Unit Director / Director of Photography
Jeanne Vienne
Production Manager
Darwin Chepil
Production Coordinator
Jack McWilliam
First Assistant Director
Paul Barry
Production Designer
Michelle Derrick
Set Decorator
Zach Goulding
Props Master
Tom Martin
Wardrobe Stylist
Sekyiwa Wi-Afedzi
Wardrobe Stylist
Brooke Wilcox
Stills
Lou Bopp
Stills
Wayne Hoecherl
Stills
Dan Kozma
Gaffer
Greg Goudreau
Key Grip
Mike Scoffield
Animal Wrangler
Bonnie Judd