Creature animation Creature animation Creature animation is a specialised part of the animation process which involves bringing realistic animals and creatures to life. It is often distinguished from character animation, which involves breathing life into animated characters and creating the illusion of thought, feeling and emotion. Creature animators create highly realistic motion in animals or creatures; examples include the dinosaurs animated in the 1993 Steven Spielberg film "Jurassic Park". Since dinosaurs cannot be filmed or observed in motion, the animators studied other living creatures such as birds and lizards in order to re-create how a dinosaur might move and behave. Fours year
Jurassic Park III portrayed differently in this film than in previous ones. Discoveries suggesting "Velociraptor" were feathered prompted the addition of quill-like structures on the head and neck of the males in the film. "We've found evidence that "Velociraptors" had feathers, or feather-like structures, and we've incorporated that into the new look of the raptor", said paleontologist Jack Horner, the film's technical adviser. Spielberg insisted that Johnston include "Pteranodons", which were removed from the previous films for budget reasons, in "Jurassic Park III". An aquatic reptile was also featured in the first draft but was removed from the final script. The creatures were