Poser physics does not support soft body dynamis.. you'll hav eto look at higher end pro software if you want that, and then you'll also be looking at rigging figures yourself as well.

You are wanting high end functions in low end software. There's a reason why high end animation is expensive, and takes years to accomplish. There are no shortcuts, and nothing that doesn't need tweaking.

Films like Shrek 3 take MANY years to complete, with hundereds of animators because it is a skilled job, and takes persoanl work.

Just because theres a wonderful lower end application like poser that gets some amazing results doesn't circumvent that.

A 4 minute pro animated dance sequence could take months even for professional animators to complete. I remember Disney working on th eball room sequence for Beauty and the Beast... if I recall pright, the animation team spent over a year doing JUST that one dance sequence.

Google "Ghost Warrior" by Timothy Albee when you get a chance. One guy wanted to prodct a 4 minute animation by himself, so literally shut himself in Alaska for a FULL YEAR, doing ONLY that, 24/7. No external distractions, no entertainment, JUST working.. for a full year.

Technically, his animation is top notch, bu he had to give up an entire year of his life to product it, and while it's great visually, it's pretty boring otherwise.

Sounds like you are wanting to do something similar, and there are no shortcuts. But what do I know? I've only been working with cgi for 23 years.

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.