Behind-the-scenes Production of Jurassic Park 3D

Dinosaurs haunt! Tyrannosaurus Rex first came to China.

The summer heat in June this year will be haunted by the fierce Tyrannosaurus Rex and dinosaurs in Jurassic Park! Please pay attention! " It has also become a popular online hot word in the summer vacation of 20 13. Spielberg's Tyrannosaurus Rex and its compatriot Great White Shark always occupy the first place in the list of various screen monsters, representing our frightened childhood together. Although Jurassic Park was published for 20 years, it failed to cross the Pacific Ocean and land in China, which became the regret of many fans. As soon as the news of the film's release in June came out, it immediately aroused the enthusiastic expectations of the majority of fans, especially those born after 70 s and 80 s. The audience in China can finally feel the wonder and adventure of the Jurassic period on the big screen, and get in touch with the huge prehistoric dinosaurs in the cinema with the help of extraordinary 3D special effects, which makes the film's debut on the China screen of great significance.

3D technology resurrects dinosaurs, which is even more fierce.

Twenty years ago, Spielberg revived dinosaurs with his bold model special effects technology, which shocked hundreds of millions of viewers around the world. Twenty years later, he used the latest 3D technology to revive these ancient monsters on the screen again. The senior team who converted Titanic 3D spent huge sums of money to restore and reproduce Jurassic Park frame by frame, and the final 3D effect was amazing, even being exclaimed by many foreign audiences as "a perfect 3D conversion, and the effect was no less than that of today's special effects blockbusters. Even in some scenes, the foundation of model special effects combined with the restoration of 3D special effects makes the film present an unprecedented sensory embodiment. " In the film, the dinosaur image is vivid, fierce and horrible, and the audience, like the protagonist in the film, experiences the exciting scene of being chased and hunted by dinosaurs.

Chinese posters and trailers are released together to recall classic memories.

In 20 13, the film released a Chinese poster and the first Chinese trailer. The classic pictures and magnificent sound effects suddenly evoked the audience's collective memory of dinosaurs. Through this trailer, we can easily find that the quality of the restored film is excellent, and the dinosaurs are also very real and smart. Led by Spielberg's lens, the audience returned to Jurassic and visited the dinosaur world in person, and had a contact with these creatures 65 million years ago across time and space.

3D to create a perfect visual experience

The success of the 3D version of The Lion King has set off a wave of 3D transformation of Hollywood classic movies. The Star Wars series, Titanic and Finding Nemo will all be released in 3D format. 20111February, kathleen kennedy, the producer of Jurassic Park, talked about the 3D screening plan of the film. She said that she was not a supporter of late 3D conversion, but Jurassic Park could be a perfect conversion case if it was carefully produced instead of trying this technology.

Steven Allan Spielberg and his royal photographer janusz kaminski later changed the frame-by-frame supervision.

Before writing, michael crichton had conceived a script to tell the story of graduate students recreating dinosaurs. He became more and more interested in dinosaurs and cloning, so he decided to write a novel Jurassic Park. 1989 10 when discussing the story of the emergency room with Crayton, Steven Allan Spielberg learned about the unpublished Jurassic Park. At that time, Clayton not only asked the publishing house to pay $6.5438+0.5 million for the manuscript, but also proposed a proportional dividend. Warner Bros., tim burton, Sony Pictures, richard donner, 20th Century Fox and Joe Dante compete for the film rights of the adapted novel. 1990 in may, universal pictures became the final winner. In addition, Universal Pictures paid an extra $500,000 for Clayton to adapt the script himself. Clayton finished the script while Spielberg was filming Captain Hook. Due to the length of the novel, Clayton only selected 65,438+00-20% of the content, and some scenes had to be abandoned due to budget and feasibility factors. Spielberg wanted to shoot Schindler's List immediately after Captain Hook, but Sid Shenberg, president of American music company, asked Spielberg to shoot Jurassic Park first, because Universal Pictures was owned by American music company at that time, and Shenberg knew that Spielberg, who directed Schindler's List, would no longer be interested in Jurassic Park. In order to truly present the behemoths of ancient times in the film, Spielberg asked stan Winston and Phil Tippett to make electronic dinosaurs and dynamic dinosaurs in the future respectively. Jack Horner, a paleontologist, is responsible for supervising the design of dinosaurs, so that they can become animals instead of monsters. 10 June, Maria Sarkozy mamer began to rewrite the script, and then david koepp took over as the screenwriter. He was responsible for revising mamer's draft and incorporating Spielberg's ideas into the script. Spielberg also deleted the secondary plot that the beautiful jawbone dragon fled to the mainland to attack young children in the original work, and later this scene appeared in the title of Lost World: Jurassic Park sequel. After 25 weeks of pre-production, Jurassic Park started shooting on August 24th in Kauai, Hawaii. The film crew spent three weeks shooting many daytime scenes on the island. On September 30th, 1 1, all the cast members stopped work for one day to avoid Hurricane Inniki passing through Kauai. Some storm images in the film came from real hurricane scenes. After finishing the chase of the chicken dragon in Oahu, the crew returned to the United States to continue filming. The scene of Tyrannosaurus Rex attacking the tourist bus comes from Warner Bros. 16 Studio, and the scene of Raptor Dragonfly entering the kitchen comes from Studio 24 of Universal Studios. 1992165438+1October 30th, the filming ended 12 days in advance, and the editing michael kahn immediately took over, so that Spielberg could start preparing Schindler's List. In order to promote and market this film, Universal Pictures signed agreements with 65,438+000 companies to produce and sell 65,438+0000 products, including three Jurassic Park video games, a toy production line and novels written for children readers. The film premiered at the National Museum of Architecture in Washington, D.C. on June 9th, 1993, and the box office in the first week was as high as $865,438+7,000. In the end, the global box office of the film exceeded 900 million dollars, making it the most successful commercial film at that time. Spielberg alone earned 250 million, a record that was not broken by Titanic until five years later.

Steven Allan Spielberg said that he had conceived the 3D scene of the film when he shot it, but due to the technical limitations of that year, he didn't decide that it might be time for his dinosaur to "rush out of the big screen" until he saw the Titanic converted into 3D. He recalled shooting on a small island in Hawaii and unfortunately encountering a storm: "Many pictures of the storm in the forest that the audience saw in the film came from real shooting. Although the effect is good, after shooting, I found that I was trapped by the storm and couldn't leave, and some equipment was damaged. It was not until my producer kathleen kennedy came to the rescue by plane in the rain and brought money, equipment and food that the crew was rescued. Fortunately, no one was injured. "

3D production

William sherak, the chairman of Stereo D, the company in charge of the 3D transformation of this film, said at the 20th anniversary of Jurassic Park held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts recently: "I am surprised that Steven Allan Spielberg still remembers the details of the filming in that year, and his requirements for the transformation of this film are also very specific. He personally participated in the transformation and thought that the scene of being attacked by Tyrannosaurus Rex in the rain was the most difficult. Details such as rain, face, and reflection of jeep glass windows should increase the three-dimensional sense, but the whole movie must maintain its original characteristics, so the content of the movie has not changed except that it looks bigger and more three-dimensional. "

Shooting reason

In addition to giving the film a brand-new look, Spielberg believes that the main reason for this replay is: "The film has been released on DVD, but when people see it on the big screen again 20 years later, it will make people feel brand-new, especially for the younger generation. Perhaps this is the first time they have seen this movie, which helps pave the way for the release of the fourth episode. " In fact, many movies are replayed in 3D through anniversaries, which can not only earn more box office, but also attract a new generation of audiences for movies, and some can also pave the way for new sequels, killing two birds with one stone. Examples of such success include: Titanic 3D, which was re-released on 20 12. Within two weeks of its release, the global box office exceeded $200 million, which also broke China's annual box office record. Disney's 3D version of The Lion King, which was re-released on 20 1 1, also earned nearly $200 million at the box office around the world. In 2065,438+03, Disney also released a 3D version of Finding Nemo, and the sequel to the film is also in preparation. In the first episode of Jurassic Park, there is a fierce Tyrannosaurus Rex (scientific name Tyrannosaurus Rex, also known as Tyrannosaurus Rex). There are two in the second episode and more in the third. What's the trend of the fourth episode? Spielberg is no longer a director this time, but a producer. He said mysteriously, "Although you can't tell the story, I don't think the audience dares to stay alone in the dark for a short time." It sounds even scarier in the fourth episode. It is reported that there will be a brand-new dinosaur that has never appeared on the screen in the fourth episode.