Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Tyrannosaurus Rex lived during the late cretaceous period, about 85-65 million years ago and was one of the most fierce and well known dinosaurs to ever roam the planet. the T Rex, as it was more commonly known, was a carnivore and dieted mostly on large dinosaurs; such as the Triceratops. What was probably the most interesting feature to the T Rex, was not it ability to hunt down large prey, or the power behind its leg and jaw; but its arms... its tiny arms that were about 1 metre in length and its two finger hands that branched off the end, which where pretty much useless. But the T Rex didn't need them really, not with a huge set of cone-shaped, serrated teeth that were not only fantastic for tearing through flesh of other dinosaurs, but they were also replaceable.
A T Rex is probably everyone's first choice of dinosaur, as it is one that is so iconic and well known, and I could very easily add it into a film. I think basing a film around it might be too predictable though and not very unique, but if I where to use him in my film I could easily incorporate a chase scene or one where someone just gets eaten by one, as either are very possible to do.
Spinosaurus
The Spinosaurus, if we're being honest with ourselves, probably wasn't really heard of until Jurassic Park III, but it is now a very well known dinosaur from the mid cretaceous period, about 97.5-95 million years ago. The Spinosaurus was a carnivore that mainly ate large fish, when they were in season, but did also come onto land to either catch its own prey or scavenge off others. The Spinosaurus was around 12-15 metres long and weighed around 4 tons, but the most predominant feature of this dinosaur was obviously its spine. The spine of this dinosaur is said to have been up to 1.8 metres tall in some places, which is slightly taller than the average human. The Spinosaurus also had incredibly large teeth and a powerful jaw, which was made, like the T Rex, for biting through flesh with ease.
Again, the Spinosaurus would be great to put into my video, as like the T Rex, it is a powerful carnivore and I could apply the same principles that I looked at with the T Rex in the way that they could chase down the prey on scene or just rip them to shreds; but this answer might be difficult to pull off.
Triceratops
The Triceratops, another very well known dinosaur, is a large herbivore that walked on all four legs and had three very large horns producing from a boney-plate on its head. These skulls are one of the largest of any land mammal ever discovered and its head was nearly a third as long as its body was; so it was hugely disproportionate. The Triceratops lived, like the T Rex, during the late cretaceous period, about 72-65 million years ago, as Triceratops would often be the poor prey of the hungry T Rex. The Triceratops are also known for being very similar to a rhinoceros today, as they too, when threatened, charge at the opponent with its head down and this did prove a very effective defensive system due to the dinosaurs huge horns.
Although the Triceratops is a brilliant and already very well known dinosaur, it is still a herbivore and this means that it will be very difficult to make a video around it, unless I incorporate some kind of chase scene, which would prove very difficult on a green screen in a small location. So even tough this is a fantastic dinosaur to study it just wouldn't have the same impact as a carnivore would.
Stegosaurus
The Stegosaurus, a large herbivore, that like the Triceratops walked around on all fours, but this particular dinosaur lived during the late jurassic period, about 156-140 million years ago, a long time before any of the others I have been looking at. The Stegosaurus was about as tall as a Triceratops but was much longer at 8-9 metres and weighed about 3 .5 tons on average. The Stegosaurus is probably one of the only dinosaurs that is known for having two significant features to it. Firstly the very obvious and well known spikes down its back in which the Stegosaurus had 17 of these down its back and tail in two rows, which alternated in alignment. Secondly the large spike, called thagomizers, at the end of its tail which is were its main source of defense comes from. Although the Stegosaurus was about the size of a bus, it had a very small head and its brain was about the size of a walnut, so when it came to defending itself it would turn its back and swing its large, flexible tail towards the enemy to frighten it away. If that didn't work it would proceed to hit it with the spikes.. that would definitely send out a message to the predator.
Again like the Triceratops, it probably wouldn't work well to use a Stegosaurus in my video, due to the fact that again it is a herbivore and would have no reason to randomly attack something, unless it was threatened. If I were to use the idea of it in my video though, the only thing I would be able to incorporate is its tail swinging out to hit a person. That again would be very difficult as we only have 2D motion capture to work with and I would have to capture the movement in order for the actor to react and get hurt.
Pteranodon
Or to some people who know the popular Pterodactyl, were a winged and toothless creature that mainly ate fish, much like the birds of today do. They lived during the late cretaceous period, about 85-75 million years ago, and is probably another well known dinosaur due to the 3rd installment of Jurassic Park. The Pteranodon wasn't actually classed as a dinosaur, but a flying-reptile, a close relative of the dinosaur. Even though it had no teeth, it was still an effective hunter, as poo Billy found out, and uses its long beak to be able to bite and nip at the flesh of fish, much like regular bird like herons or storks do, and also Pteranodon's wing span is larger than any bird known today, and was about able to carry it long distances without loosing height, something a lot of other dinosaurs couldn't do, they could only glide downwards.
For the Pteranodon to appear in my video I have to be sure that I can produce an effective looking film on green screen; which is something that I am able to do but it would be very difficult to pull it off as again like the Stegosaurus problem, I can only motion capture in 2D which would create problems with filming.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor's were a very small dinosaur that were about 1 metre tall and 1-2 metres in length. They lived during the late cretaceous period, about 85-80 million years ago. The Velociraptor's were deadly killers as they had sharp, deadly sickle-shaped, retractable claws on each foot, located on each second toe. Along with this deadly claw, the Velociraptor also had a razor-sharp bite and they were capable of taking down even the larger sized dinosaurs due to the fact that they hunted in packs. This interesting pack technique meant that they could sneak up on enemies from all sides. If approaching prey from the front, they knew it would try to run away, so they would have another Velociraptor so it couldn't run and then some at the sides as well so that it was trapped and they could attack from all angles. Along with this technique, if it were to fail, Velociraptor's could also run up to 40mph in short bursts, which was faster than a lot of the larger herbivores that could barely move, so if there were a few of them, they could easily outrun larger dinosaurs and take them down that way.
The Velociraptor is definitely a dinosaur that I could incorporate into my project as it is small so I wouldn't need a huge green screen, and the fact they hunt in packs could be an interesting concept to add into a video as it wouldn't be difficult to make duplicates either.
Brachiosaurus
The Brachiosaurus is the last dinosaur that I am going to be looking at in detail, as again it is one of the more popular ones that everyone knows. The Brachiosaurus lived during the late jurassic period, about 156-145 million years ago, and were herbivores that mainly ate conifers, cycades and Kosygin, which were the main types of plants growing then. Unlike most dinosaurs, the Brachiosaurus had longer front legs than it did hing legs, which gave it its nickname, arm lizard but one of the most striking features of this dinosaur was its long neck. Standing at 12-16 metres high and 24-26 metres long meant this was one of the largest land dinosaurs and that was definitely an advantage. The trees that grew in that time were tall, even taller than they are today, so it was a good thing that these dinosaurs were tall as it gave them the advantage they needed to be able to reach the top branches with there long necks, but even then they still had to raise up onto there hind legs to be able to reach the tallest trees and this was also a good way of scaring off enemies as it made them even bigger.
The trouble with using a Brachiosaurus in my video is the sheer size of it. I would have to film my person from very far away on a green screen background that would again have to be huge to fit the dinosaur on, and even then I'm not sure that it would be a good idea. Brachiosaurus' are very quiet dinosaurs and it would again be very difficult to think of a theme around it.
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