With the record-breaking triumph of Colin Trevorrow's "Jurassic World," a new video from Legacy Effects has surfaced online and it shows the science behind one of "Jurassic World's" attractions, the Apatosaurus.
Legacy Effects posted a video in YouTube, which revealed that the model of the Apatosaurus was initially made out of foam, which was based on the idea of the production team. After that, a team of artists painted and sculpted the Apatosaurus model.
According to AV Club, Legacy Effects has made some of the most iconic and special suits, creatures, prosthetics, and animatronics, such as Iron Man's suit, colorful costumes in "X-Men: Days of Future Past," and character design in "World War Z".
Steven Spielberg, one of the film's producers, suggested that the best move was to use a larger model. The production team did not repeat the whole process and they just made the scale bigger. This was made possible by having the model scanned into the computer and then followed the creation of a 3D printing.
After printing the 3D version of their initial work, the production team made some models and chose combinations that will help give life to a dinosaur. Throat apparatus was used to simulate teeth, gums, and breathing while practical effects were employed to make the dinosaurs more realistic, as per Cinema Blend.
The Apatosaurus is one of the largest attractions of the Jurassic World theme park. Since the dinosaur is not a carnivore, baby Apatosaurus have their own pen along with baby Triceratops and they can be ridden by young children.
Unfortunately, a number of the long-necked dinosaurs were killed by "Jurassic World's" vicious hybrid, the Indominus rex. Trailers and television spots revealed before that the Indominus rex killed the mild creatures for sport.
Trevorrow's "Jurassic World" stands as the fourth installment of the "Jurassic Park" franchise and is set 22 years after the events in Isla Nublar in Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" in 1993.
"Jurassic World" stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Brian Tee, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Wong, among others.
Watch how the Apatosaurus was built here: