Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (TMC) – "It takes fourteen people to bring Blue to life!"

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (TMC) – "It takes fourteen people to bring Blue to life!"

Bigger-than-life dinosaurs! Animatronic genius Neal Scanlan reveals the secrets of a one-of-a-kind attraction.

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If the scales and tiny veins on the eyes of a female velociraptor Blue look so realistic, it’s because Neal Scanlan and his team have faithfully reproduced features of modern-day animals: We have extensively studied the scales of iguanas, monitor lizards and crocodiles. For eyes, we examined the eyes of reptiles and some exotic frogs. But also the tissues of ostrich legs, because birds are descendants of dinosaurs.. »

14 manipulators for Blue

In the scene pictured above, Blue is animated by sticks running over the table. ” “I work a stick that attaches to the side of his head and secondly to the side of his neck,” explains Neal Scanlan. Next to me, another person moves the body with a stick to the side of his shoulder and another to the side. The next person grabs the tail, again with two sticks. Same for the legs. As with bicycle brakes, the jaw opens thanks to a lever and metal cables sliding within the sheaths. The lips, eyes, eyelids and membranes under the eyelids are operated by a servo motor system controlled by several remote controls. That’s why it takes fourteen people to bring Blue to life! »

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When we shoot a scene where we will add 3D dinosaurs later, the actors have difficulties in acting. On the other hand, the scene where two protagonists hide in a container without knowing that they are hiding a T-Rex was shot with this amazing animatronic. “It was very fun and very sporty to shoot the scene where I found myself standing on this dinosaur,” says Bryce Dallas Howard. It’s simultaneously absurd, creepy and typical of the dark humor I love in the Jurassic saga! »

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is on TMC on Sunday, December 4 at 9:10 pm

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Source: Programme Television

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