Animations/ walk cycle

I believe this will be the hardest scene to do, i imagine that the dinosaur will obviously be bigger than Napoleon so it wouldn't need to run, a fast pace walk would do. of course this also depends on how large i will want the dino to be in comparison to Napoleon. for research on walk cycle i have looked at the movements of dinosaurs in movies such as King Kong and Jurassic Park, these films are good reference as the dino rig i will be using is of a large carnival know as Albertosaurus and the movies have large carnivals which I can use for reference.

here is a scene from king kong, i find this scene useful as you are able to see how the dinosaur sort of struggles with its own body weight, it has a very natural feel to its movement. I would like to somehow achieve a similar look.



although the video below is not of a movie i believe the animation on the dinosaur is very well put together, you get the sense of weight as the body balances from one foot to the other as it walks. this will come in handy when I start my animation.




here is another clip of dinosaur movement, i really like the movement of the head and again, how it manages to achieve the illusion of its heaviness.



its said that birds are the only remaining ancestors of the dinosaurs so I decided to look at the way the walked, i came across this video and realised it could come in handy if i wanted an scene with a bit of anticipation



here is a scene of a ostrich running, i believe this too will come in handy when when animating the chase.