Jurassic World Dominion's VFX supervisor takes a deep dive into the creation of the film's new dinosaurs and explains how they resurrected a few old ones, too.
The Jurassic World trilogy concluded in epic, roaring fashion with Jurassic World Dominion, which brought the franchise full circle in multiple ways. Not only did Dominion bring back Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow behind the camera, but it also reunited the modern trilogy’s stars, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, with those of the original Jurassic Park: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum.
Basically, we always start with science. It’s pretty much a golden rule in visual effects: You don’t try to make stuff up unless it absolutely doesn’t exist. We looked at holotype specimens of dinosaurs’ skeletons to understand how muscles attach in different positions and where there are pressure points in bones, and that helps you understand how dinosaurs move and walk.
How do you make a dinosaur say no? How do you make a dinosaur look angry? It’s all about pose and silhouette and form. One of the amazing things the animators will do sometimes is to perform the scenes themselves. When they’re looking for reference, our animation submissions at [VFX company Industrial Light & Magic] will have a picture of the dinosaur animation and a picture of the animator in their bedroom, moving around and actually blocking the sequence out themselves.
Another one that stood out is the Therizinosaurus — the one with the long arms and massive claws that hunts Bryce Dallas Howard’s character through the forest. What went into bringing that one to life? The tricky thing about the Giganotosaurus was that you want to create something that’s bigger and meaner than a T-Rex, because let’s face it: The T-Rex is the hero of this movie at this point. Bryce and Chris can step aside, because the T-Rex is why we’re coming to see the movie. The Gig needed to be a little bigger, a little badder, and a little scarier. It’s spiky and mean-looking, and it’s got a scar on its face.
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