The first films aimed at dogs and cats stressed out by the loud bangs on bonfire night have been produced.
Starring Doctor Who and Broadchurch actor David Tennant the calming videos are pretty surreal to humans but have been scientifically developed to help relax pets upset at the noise.
Mr Tennant plays the role of the narrator in separate films for cats and dogs .
The movie for dogs features shots of sleepy canines and picturesque landscapes, while the dream-like film for cats features rustling leaves and fish swimming in water through the view of a window frame.
With Bonfire Night reportedly being the most stressful time of year for Britain's cats and canines, MORE TH>N Pet Insurance has created the films to make the evening a little more bearable.
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The movies are playfully titled "Woofering Heights", based on the classic 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by English author Emily Bronte, and "Peer Window", playing homage to the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window.
MORE TH>N worked with animal behaviourist Karen Wild and vet Robert White-Adams to ensure the films used scientific techniques to relax the animals.
Both movies contain content that is designed to at first capture and arouse the attention of a cat or a dog before gradually inducing feelings of relaxation and sleep.
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Peer Window is set entirely within a window frame to reflect a cat's habitual behaviour of staring out of windows for approximately five hours a day.
Similarly, Woofering Heights employs key scientific prompts by incorporating slowly moving pastoral scenery, a cast of sedentary dogs and the relaxing lilt of Tennant delivering an Emily Bronte-inspired narration full of words and phrases known to calm canines.
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The film was shot entirely in a dog's colour spectrum of blues and yellows - heightening the viewing experience for them.
MORE TH>N recommends playing the movies to cats and dogs a number of times in the days leading up to November 5, allowing them to become familiar with the content and learn by association.
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Pet behavioural expert Karen Wild said: "Noise phobia in cats and dogs can lead to distress, injury and long-term behavioural problems, so it's important for pet owners that they do as much as they can to help calm and relax their animals.
"These films may seem strange to humans, but it's important to realise that cats and dogs do not perceive the world in the same way we do and will respond to completely different audio and visual stimuli.
"Hopefully these films can have a positive effect on cats and dogs that suffer from noise phobia."
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