Creed II (2018)

In the scene where the actor talks on the phone in his living room and we see an aquarium in the foreground with turtles inside of it, the turtles were brought to the set by the trainer. The turtles were experienced and familiar with travel and being handled by a variety of people. After placing the turtles in the aquarium the turtles simply swam and explored their environment in the aquarium. The tank was constructed to the trainer’s specifications. They filmed the actor walking in the background, on the phone. The trainer brought the turtles back to their holding area after filming.

In the scene when the actors go to a boxing camp in the middle of the desert and we see a dog in a cage, barking,  the dog was kept in an air conditioned area between takes. They filmed with the dog early in the morning when the temperature was cooler and the area where he was filmed was in the shade. After filming the scene the dog was brought back to his trailer in the area which was air conditioned.