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Post by Supersaurus on Aug 24, 2010 13:59:48 GMT -5
For many of the Jurassic Park animals, maquettes and full scale puppets were created of the dinosaurs. These were used for reference and for scanning into the computer to create the CGI models you see on screen. My big question is how did they do the Ankylosaur and Mamenchisaurus dinosaurs without first doing the maquettes for them to scan? I didn't see these models in the Making of books or dvds, so I'm very curious on what they used. Any ideas people?
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Post by stego on Aug 24, 2010 19:34:21 GMT -5
I saw a photo of someone holding up the mamenchisaurus when preparing to film. But I think it might be a brachiosaurus.
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Post by Supersaurus on Aug 27, 2010 13:34:02 GMT -5
It's a Brachiosaur.
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Post by dinoslayer on Sept 1, 2010 4:34:09 GMT -5
Yes, definitely a Brach, it's also the one they used in the first movie.
It makes sense to use real object reference when doing the mesh model composite work because otherwise it becomes hard to impossible to fit realistically to the real scenery. Even better when you're filming puppets against a bluescreen/greenscreen. I in fact mostly support a blend of several effects into one complex VFX. Example, a puppet with 3D tracked mesh model parts. The industry sadly only cares about the mesh model work to such an extent that all the film locations nowadays are just computer generated and the real actors are only used to try and "enhance" what is easily perceived as a pure simulation. Reality has a certain grittyness to it that a computer can not fully replicate, only enhance. It doesn't work the other way around.
Oh, I actually do recall an Ankylosaur maquette being made but for Mamenchi they simply used the Brach model stretched and fitted with a new head to become a Mamenchisaurus.
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Post by stego on Sept 1, 2010 14:45:30 GMT -5
I really think that the mamenchisaurus wasn't a maquette, I don't recall seeing it at the point where i could see every crack and wrinkle.
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Post by Supersaurus on Sept 1, 2010 17:29:21 GMT -5
I would love to see the Ankylosaur maquette if you can find it anywhere?
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Post by jpdude11 on Sept 13, 2010 17:19:24 GMT -5
i saw one on the net when jp 3 was released..... and now i cant seem to find it. i think that the jp3 rex masqute looks like an scaled up version of the japanese jp3 kaydoos.
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Post by stego on Sept 25, 2010 7:27:57 GMT -5
[glow=green,2,300]I found it![/glow] Go to JPLegacy.org and mamenchisaurus should be a header. I can't attach anything on this board, though.
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