Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus was acknowledged by Spielberg as "the star of the
movie", even leading him to rewrite the ending to feature the T.
rex for fear of disappointing the audience. Winston's animatronic T. rex stood 20
feet (6.1 m) and was 40 feet
(12 m) long.
The dinosaur is depicted with a vision system based on
movement, though later studies indicated the T-rex had binocular vision comparable to a bird
of prey. Its roar
is a baby elephant mixed with a tiger and an alligator, and its breath is a whale's blow
. A dog attacking a rope toy was used for the
sounds of the T. rex tearing a Gallimimus apart,
while cut sequoias(A kind of tree) crashing to the ground became the sound of the
dinosaur's footsteps.
Velociraptor
Velociraptor plays a major role in the film. The creature's
depiction is not based on the actual dinosaur genus in question, which itself
was significantly smaller. Shortly before Jurassic Park's theatre release,
the similar Utahraptor was discovered, though was proven bigger
in appearance than the film's raptors; this prompted Stan Winston to joke,
"We made it, then they discovered it. For the attack on character
Robert Muldoon and some parts of the kitchen scene, the raptors were played
by men in suits.
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus was also very different from its real-life
counterpart, made significantly smaller to make sure audiences did not confuse
it with the raptors. Its neck
frill and its
ability to spit venom are fictitious. Its vocal sounds were made by combining
a swan, a hawk, a howler
monkey, and a rattlesnake The animatronic model, nicknamed "Spitter"
by Stan Winston's team, was animated by the puppeteers sitting on a trench in
the set floor, and used a paintball mechanism to spit the mixture of methacyl and K-Y
Jelly that served
as venom.
Brachiosaurus
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Brachiosaurus is the first dinosaur seen by the park's visitors. It
is inaccurately depicted as chewing its food, and standing up on its hind legs
to browse among the high tree branches. According to artist Andy
Schoneberg, the chewing was done to make the animal seem docile, in a way it
resembled a cow chewing its cud. The dinosaur's head and upper neck was the
largest puppet without hydraulics built for the film. Despite scientific
evidence of their having limited vocal capabilities, sound designer Gary Rydstrom
decided to represent them with whale
songs and donkey calls to give them a melodic sense of wonder. Penguins
were also recorded to be used in the noises of the dinosaurs.
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Triceratops
Alan Grant, Ellie and the others in awe, at the sick triceratops.
Triceratops has an extended cameo, being sick with an unidentified
disease. Its appearance was a particular logistical nightmare for Stan Winston
when Spielberg asked to shoot the animatronic of the sick creature earlier than
expected. The model, operated by eight puppeteers in the Kaua'i set, wound
up being the first dinosaur filmed during production Winston also created
a babyTriceratops for Ariana Richards to ride on, a scene cut from
the film for pacing reasons. Gary Rydstrom combined the sound of himself
breathing into a cardboard tube with the cows near his workplace at Skywalker Ranch to create the Triceratops vocals.
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Gallimimus
A herd of Gallimimus.
Gallimimus are featured in a stampede scene where one of them is
devoured by the Tyrannosaurus. The Gallimimus was
the first dinosaur to receive a digital version, being featured in two ILM
tests, first as a herd of skeletons and then fully skinned while pursued by
the T. rex. Its design was based on ostriches, and to emphasize the birdlike qualities, the animation
focused mostly on the herd rather than individual animals. As reference
for the dinosaurs' run, the animators were filmed running at the ILM parking
lot, with plastic pipes standing in as the tree that the Gallimimus jump
over. The footage even inspired to incorporate an animal falling in its
leap as one of the artists crashed making the jump. Horse squeals became
the Gallimimus sounds.
Parasaurolophus
One of the major scenes of Jurassic Park.
Parasaurolophus appear in the background during the first encounter
with the Brachiosaurus. This was the only scene in the first movie to have them appear in, they would not appear again until 1997 for the second movie, The Lost World Jurassic Park.
Credits to Jurassic Park Wiki - Wikia for additional information and images.
Credits to IMDb for information references.
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