Special Effects, Animation and Jurassic Park

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the revolutionary special effects and animation used in Spielberg's film, "Jurassic Park." The paper reveals that this film opened the door to a new, eye-popping kind of realism in animation for movie audiences. The paper describes the realism of the dinosaurs and attributes this to the special effects creators, the contractors of the Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) group. The paper examines the technology that ILM used in order to produce such realistic computer-generated images.

From the Paper:

"In just about every retail store in America the marketing barrage featured JP action figures, lunch kits, videogames, candy, posters, latex masks, playing cards, children's toiletries, and more, according to Washington State University professor Michael Delahoyde (www.wsu.edu). But it is possible JP would have turned a record profit anyway (it made $870 million worldwide and cost $63 million to produce), without all the marketing trappings, because the animation was so intense and realistic. It was almost like these dinosaurs could walk off the screen and into the lobby where popcorn was being sold."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Delahoyde, Michael. "Jurassic Park." Washington State University. Retrieved 12 March, 2007, from http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/jurassic.html.
• Omni. "Dennis Muren (movie visual effects expert)." Vol. 16 Number n2 (1993): 91-98.
• Think Quest. "Computer Effects: Creatures, Jurassic Park." Retrieved 13 March 2007 fromhttp://library.thinkquest.org/3496/zjurassic.html.
• Wide Angle Closeup. "A R-EVOLUTION IN VISUAL EFFECTS: The SFX of Jurassic Park:Jurassic Park's Special Effects." Retrieved 13 March 2007 from http://members.aol.com.morgands1/closeup/text/jurassic.htm.

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