10 Epic Movie Moments You Won't Believe Used No CGI
4. Jurassic Park - The Raptors
The effects on show in 1993s Jurassic Park were what made George Lucas decide that technology was now good enough for him to begin work on the Star Wars prequels (youll be forgiven if, like me, you wish his car broke down on the way to the cinema) but it wasnt only the CGI that impressed him.
The bulk of the effects used in the films most memorable scenes were created by Stan Winston Studio, who invented an array of awesome props including cable-controlled puppets and man-sized raptor suits. The man chosen to don the suit was SWS supervisor John Rosengrant, who, whilst being no stranger to being disguised as a vicious predator, had never performed in a major film role.
I had always wanted to perform in suits. I think to do it well you have to be a bit of an actor, although the characters we play usually have a singular mission, which is to kill something. But I do think it requires some very good physical acting to do this work, especially at the level Stan Winston demands. Stan pays a lot of attention to the detail, to making a character move dynamically and accurately.Rosengrant spent weeks training with a ski instructor prior to the shoot, having decided that a raptor squatted like a skier when it moved. It was an inspired decision that made some of Jurassic Parks best scenes truly terrifying, with Rosengrants raptor stalking the Hammond grandchildren in the restaurant kitchen the pick of the bunch.