Is the new Jurassic World going to lean too heavily on CG over practical effects? Director Colin Trevorrow responds...
Universal must be rather pleased with the launch of its Jurassic World trailer earlier this week. It moved its release early (in the process stealing Warner Bros' thunder for Pan, a trailer for which was released at exactly the same time), and was rewarded with about a bajillion eyeballs on the promo. The general consensus? It's gone down well.
There have been grumbles though that there seems to be a heavy CG emphasis (although this is just the trailer of course, so it's hard to judge the entire film based on that). It'd be remiss to say that the originalJurassic Parkdidn't lean on computer effects of course, but there was a grounding in physical work (not least thanks to the wizardry of the late Stan Winston and his team).
On Twitter, director Colin Trevorrow has clarified things a little, in particular in response to a question as to whether the Jurassic Worldgate would be a computerised creation in the final film. "The gate will be practical. Real wood, concrete and steel," Trevorrow wrote. When asked if the version we saw in the teaser was practical, he clarified that "the gate is practical, the environment isn't. That shot was specifically made for the trailer. The film will be different."
There's a good seven months yet beforeJurassic World heads into cinemas, so there's a lot of fine-tuning time ahead of Trevorrow and his team. We look forward to seeing what they come up with...
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