Legacy Effects recently shared a video unraveling the making of the animatronic Apatosaurus. However to bring in the depth in the creature’s characteristics and to shoot the human interaction with dinosaurs as real as possible, Colin relied on the old-school method of animatronics and shot some of the best scenes of the movie with dinosaurs using this method. With subsequent sequels and CGI adding to the director’s creative arsenal, animatronics were sparingly used.
22 years ago, Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park (1993) relied heavily on this mechanism bringing the giant 30 foot Tyrannosaurus Rex alive on the big screen. Animatronics is basically the use of robotics to emulate lifelike characteristics of a human or an animal, in this case, the dinosaurs. The American special effects studio, Legacy Effects built some incredible animatronics’ of the set dinosaurs. Thanks to the advent of the latest animation and special effects technology, Colin Trevorrow along with various VFX and animation studios was able to build and create some awe-inspiring sequences of the dinosaurs with a mix of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) and animatronics. Read the review how Jurassic World brings back the lost world of the dinosaurs.Īpart from Chris Pratt’s masculine charm, Jurassic World’s success can be attributed to some over-the-top visuals bringing alive the gigantic-extinct dinosaurs and truly living the fictional reality of a Dino-adventure park. Starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, the dino-adventure tent-pole has already surpassed critics and analysts’ expectation and amassed nearly $600 million in its first week world-wide.
Universal Studios’ magnum opus Sci-fi adventure flick, Jurassic World, the fourth installment of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park franchise is smashing all box office records, swooping past Marvel’s Avengers (2012) with a $511 plus opening weekend.