"THUMPING" : A NEW KIND OF ACTION


    

      
We've seen lots of impressive Kung Fu-like action in both live action and animated films in recent years—for example, the fantastic acrobatics of Spider-Man, Captain America 
and a plethora of other super-heroes, and the anime'-inspired "battle ballets" of the Kung Fu Panda films.

With SAURHEADS we introduce a new, never-before-seen fighting technique, offering opportunities for entirely new choreographies: the "dinosaur martial art” known in the
SAURHEADS world as “THUMPING”. 

THUMPING — a sort of “Saur-Fu” practiced by feathered dinosaurs like TYGA and DOOL—consists of a unique acrobatic fighting technique utilzing the 'secret' weapons of a 
dino-bird: the warrior's “flappers” (rudimentary wings).  "Flappers" enable the Thumper to propel, hover, pivot, spin, glide, and more — as well as to divert the attention of a 
foe (as a matador does with his cape).




THUMPING also utilizes the dino-warrior's tail, as: 

           A) a whip/club; 
           B) a counter-weight for aerial acrobatics; and 
           C) as a sort of "third leg” — enabling the combatant to spring forward suddenly, if knocked backwards or off-balance.


  

    

      
 The rough images below, of the feathered SLOMO, are key frames in the pivotal 3rd Act scene wherein our (secondary) villain BASH is threatening Slomo's lady love TULIA.
 Enter in the nick of time the newly-empowered SLOMO, whom, having "let his freak flag fly” (i.e., let his feathers grow out) 
 — as well as having mastered an intensive crash course in THUMPING with martial art mentors TYGA and DOOL— 
puts his newfound abilities and skills  as a MASTER THUMPER (a dino-bird WARRIOR) to the test. 

    

  

  

    
  


    
 
                
SLOMO has always felt inferior to his alpha-male brother GRODO (our ‘speedster’ character - like The Flash, or the kid in Pixar’s The Incredibles)
because of (among other things) his broken, club-like tail, which has always  made him a bit klutzy (and also slower than his speedy sibling). 

But upon learning the art of Thumping from martial-art mentors TYGA and DOOL, Slomo turns his his club-tail — his 'handicap' — into an asset (an actual club!).  
And of course, in the end, he becomes — a hero.    

    
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