Editing Jurassic Park (film) (section)

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[[File:View Over Universal Studios Backlot (2562140962).jpg|thumb|Most of the filming in California occurred on [[sound stage]]s, primarily at the [[Universal Studios Lot]]]]
By September 15, 1992, the cast and crew had moved to California, where the remainder of filming was scheduled to take place, primarily on [[sound stage]]s.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=87}} The majority of stage shooting occurred at the [[Universal Studios Lot]] in the Los Angeles area.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=43, 45}} Among the first sets to be used there was an industrial-sized kitchen, for when the raptors stalk Lex and Tim.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=89}}<ref name="Production notes" /> Because the kitchen was filled with reflective surfaces, Cundey had to carefully plan the illumination while also using black cloths to hide the light reflections.<ref name=pre/>{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=90}} The scene was shot on Stage 24,<ref name=JP1/> and other stages at Universal would also be used for ''Jurassic Park''.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=45}}

Filming moved to Stage 23 for scenes involving the maintenance shed interior, before moving to [[Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)|Red Rock Canyon]], which stood in as Grant's paleontological dig site.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=91–93}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Hammond |first=Jon |title=Pen in Hand: 'Jurassic Park' and 174 other films and pilots shot at Red Rock Canyon |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/entertainment/pen-in-hand-jurassic-park-and-174-other-films-and-pilots-shot-at-red-rock/article_ea523c92-53d4-11ed-a973-1b97d09e035a.html |access-date=February 5, 2025 |work=The Bakersfield Californian |date=October 24, 2022}}</ref> The filmmakers originally planned to shoot in [[Montana]], where the scene is set, but this was scrapped to save time and money. [[Jack Horner (paleontologist)|Jack Horner]], the film's paleontological advisor, was consulted to ensure an accurate representation of a dig site,{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=91–93}} although other paleontologists have found the scene to be overly simplified and unrealistic.<ref>{{cite web |last=Black |first=Riley |title=The Most Ridiculous Scene in Jurassic Park |url=https://slate.com/technology/2013/04/jurassic-park-re-release-scientists-snort-at-the-dinosaur-excavation-scene.html |website=Slate |access-date=February 7, 2025 |date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>

Filming continued to progress ahead of schedule,{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=94}} with Spielberg crediting the project's extensive use of storyboards.<ref name=BiggestMovie/> Back at Universal, Stage 27 was decorated with real and synthetic jungle vegetation for various scenes.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=95}} The stage was used initially to depict Grant helping Tim out of a tour vehicle, after it has been shoved over a cliff by the ''T. rex'' and into a tree.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=43, 45}} Upon retrieving Tim, the vehicle begins to drop through the tree foliage, forcing the humans to quickly descend before being crushed. This was one of the most challenging scenes to shoot and required the creation of a {{convert|50|ft|m|adj=on}} artificial tree, made of steel, with the vehicle dropped down the tree multiple times to acquire the needed footage. Spielberg wanted the tree to appear three times taller than it actually was, so three sides were each decorated to represent a different portion of the vehicle drop.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=96–97}} The same steel structure was then redressed to serve as a different tree, for a scene in which Grant and the children take refuge and encounter a ''[[Brachiosaurus]]''.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=98–99}}<ref name=JP1/> Stage 28 was used for scenes taking place in the park's control room and laboratory.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=99}} Wong shot his scene on the latter set,{{sfn|Mottram|2021|p=96}} over the course of a day or two.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jao |first=Charline |title=BD Wong Traces Relationship With Dr. Henry Wu, Wishes Him a Great Jurassic Death |url=https://www.themarysue.com/bd-wong-jurassic-death/ |website=The Mary Sue |access-date=February 9, 2025 |date=October 20, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Warner Bros. Stage 16, Warner Bros. Studios (Burbank).jpg|thumb|left|Stage 16 at [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]] was used for the ''T. rex'' breakout sequence]]
Universal lacked a stage large enough to accommodate the ''T. rex'' breakout set, which was instead filmed on Stage 16 at [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]], located nearby.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=45}} Filming began there on October 27, 1992, with the stage decorated to match the Hawaii footage.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=103, 106}} The sequence is set at night during a storm, and the stage included rain machines and mud, making the shoot wet and messy for the cast and crew.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=111–112}} Spielberg anticipated that the sequence could be the most difficult of the film, due to the rain machines and the logistics of using a life-sized ''T. rex'' [[animatronic]].{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=105}} Complications arose when the ''T. rex'' began to shake and quiver from extra weight, as the dinosaur's foam rubber skin had absorbed a significant amount of the rainwater. Crew members had to dry the model with [[chamois leather|shammys]] between takes.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=110–112}}<ref name=pre/> The animatronic also lost a tooth during a scene in which it attacks the glass roof on one of the tour vehicles.<ref name=ABC/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/jurassic-park-wfh-theater-joseph-mazzello-t-rex-blooper-tim-murphy-sequel | title=Jurassic Park: Hurricanes, T-Rex Bloopers and Other Hilarious Revelations About the Original Movie | date=April 24, 2020 }}</ref>

An early shot in the sequence focuses on the dashboard of one of the vehicles, with ripples forming in a glass of water, caused by the footsteps of the approaching ''T. rex''. This was inspired by Spielberg listening to [[Earth, Wind and Fire]] in his car, and the vibrations the bass rhythm caused. Lantieri was unsure how to create the shot until the night before filming when he put a glass of water on his guitar, which achieved the concentric circles in the water that Spielberg wanted. The next morning, guitar strings were put inside the car, and a man on the floor plucked them to achieve the effect.<ref name="Earl doc"/><ref>{{cite news |title=The 200 things that rocked our world |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |date=February 2006 |page=131}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Grossman |first=David |title=There's a Neat Story Behind That Famous Water Cup Shot in 'Jurassic Park' |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a23887/jurassic-park-water-ripple/ |website=Popular Mechanics |access-date=February 7, 2025 |date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> Like Gennaro, Malcolm was originally scripted to flee in fear from the ''T. rex''. This was changed with an on-set suggestion by Goldblum, who felt that heroic action was better. Instead, the scene features Malcolm using a flare to distract the dinosaur, allowing Grant to retrieve the children from the wrecked tour vehicle.<ref name="pre" />

The Warner Bros. set included the cliff that the ''T. rex'' shoves the vehicle over.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=107}} Koepp questioned the set design,{{sfn|Mottram|2021|p=105}} which created an apparent [[plot hole]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Watson |first=Fay |title=Jurassic Park fans are still debating one of the film's biggest 'plot holes' |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/jurassic-park-plot-hole-t-rex-enclosure-argument/ |website=GamesRadar |access-date=February 8, 2025 |date=January 18, 2024}}</ref> as the cliff would appear seemingly where the dinosaur had broken out: "I asked Steven, 'Don't you think people are going to notice that suddenly there's this cliff?' And he looked at me like I was from another planet and pointed at the great big robot of the T. rex and said, 'There's a T. rex! They're not gonna notice anything else but that!' And he was right." Also filmed at Warner Bros. was the ''T. rex''{{'}}s pursuit of a Jeep.{{sfn|Mottram|2021|p=105}} Returning to Universal, the filmmakers shot scenes involving the deaths of Nedry and Muldoon, both on Stage 27;{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=112–113}}<ref name=JP1/> this location and Stage 16 were the only sound stages used for exterior scenes.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=45}}

The ''T. rex'' sequence at Warner Bros., shot weeks before the end of filming, made Spielberg realize the dinosaur as the main star of ''Jurassic Park''. He felt that audiences would be disappointed if the ''T. rex'' did not make a final appearance, and had the ending changed so the dinosaur faces off against multiple raptors in the visitor center, inadvertently saving the humans.<ref name=JP2/><ref name="Earl doc"/> Afterward, the ''T. rex'' makes what Spielberg described as a "King Kong roar" while a banner reading "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" falls.<ref name="pre" /> As previously written, ''Jurassic Park'' would end with a single raptor pursuing the humans and Grant using a platform machine to maneuver the dinosaur into a fossil tyrannosaur's jaws.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=118}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Reyes |first=Mike |title=Jurassic Park's Epic T-Rex Ending Almost Didn't Happen. Why That Changed |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/jurassic-park-t-rex-ending |website=CinemaBlend |date=August 16, 2023 |access-date=February 9, 2025}}</ref> The visitor center interior was constructed on Stage 12 at Universal. Cundey shot the finale with wide lenses to show off as much of the set as possible, but this also made the placing of on-set lights a "painstaking" process.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=114–115}} ''Jurassic Park'' wrapped under budget and 12 days ahead of schedule on November 30, 1992.{{sfn|Shay & Duncan|1993|p=120}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Archerd |first=Army |title=Spielberg parks 'Jurassic' under sked, budget |work=Variety |date=December 1, 1992 |url=https://variety.com/1992/voices/columns/spielberg-parks-jurassic-under-sked-budget-1117862089/ |access-date=January 27, 2007 |archive-date=July 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709010610/http://variety.com/1992/voices/columns/spielberg-parks-jurassic-under-sked-budget-1117862089/ |url-status=live}}</ref>