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June 11th marks the 25th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's film version of Jurassic Park, one of the greatest films ever made. Jurassic Park is a landmark in cinema history and has held a special place in the hearts of many people, including myself. I first watched it on VHS when I was about 4 years old and I now consider my favorite film of all time. It got me interested in filmmaking and also inspired me to study dinosaurs and paleontology in general. So, to honor this special occasion, I have done several drawings of the dinosaurs featured in the film and will be posting them.

Here we have another dinosaur which only appeared briefly in the first film, but still got to be in a memorable scene and also appear in later films: the Gallimimus.

A bird-like theropod as large as a horse, the Gallimimus was among one of the fastest dinosaurs ever. About forty-four of these animals were grown by InGen, with twenty-four of those being later transported to Jurassic Park, where the would be housed in the Gallimimus Enclosure. When the power for the park has shut down by Dennis Nedry in the 1993 incident, the Gallimimus, along with the other dinosaurs, were set loose and able to roam freely throughout the island. The day after the initial shutdown, Dr. Alan Grant along with the children Lex and Tim Murphy saw the Gallimimus herd flocking together trying to flee from a predator. Said predator being the park's Tyrannosaurus rex. The T.rex was able to bring down one of the Gallimimus when it stumbled after it was brushed aside by one of its herd members. Grant and the children quietly made their escape as the T.rex began to eat its fallen prey.

Though brief, the sequence involving the Gallimimus stampede is really impressive. It clearly took a lot of work and effort to pull off the effect of the dinosaurs running and the amount of camera shake that would make it feel as if the viewer was right there in the middle of the action. And it holds up remarkably well even after a quarter of a century. What makes the sequence even better is the attention to detail that put into making the animals move and act realistically. The Gallimimus themselves moved looks like it was very much inspired by the running movements of modern ostriches and the bit where the tyrannosaur brings down and rips into one of the Gallimimus was extremely well done. The way that they got the dinosaurs to move and act made them feel all the more like actual animals. It's those little touches like that which make the film so wonderful.

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June 11th marks the 25th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's film version of Jurassic Park, one of the greatest films ever made. Jurassic Park is a landmark in cinema history and has held a special place in the hearts of many people, including myself. I first watched it on VHS when I was about 4 years old and I now consider my favorite film of all time. It got me interested in filmmaking and also inspired me to study dinosaurs and paleontology in general. So, to honor this special occasion, I have done several drawings of the dinosaurs featured in the film and will be posting them.

Here we have another dinosaur which only appeared briefly in the first film, but still got to be in a memorable scene and also appear in later films: the Gallimimus.

A bird-like theropod as large as a horse, the Gallimimus was among one of the fastest dinosaurs ever. About forty-four of these animals were grown by InGen, with twenty-four of those being later transported to Jurassic Park, where the would be housed in the Gallimimus Enclosure. When the power for the park has shut down by Dennis Nedry in the 1993 incident, the Gallimimus, along with the other dinosaurs, were set loose and able to roam freely throughout the island. The day after the initial shutdown, Dr. Alan Grant along with the children Lex and Tim Murphy saw the Gallimimus herd flocking together trying to flee from a predator. Said predator being the park's Tyrannosaurus rex. The T.rex was able to bring down one of the Gallimimus when it stumbled after it was brushed aside by one of its herd members. Grant and the children quietly made their escape as the T.rex began to eat its fallen prey.

Though brief, the sequence involving the Gallimimus stampede is really impressive. It clearly took a lot of work and effort to pull off the effect of the dinosaurs running and the amount of camera shake that would make it feel as if the viewer was right there in the middle of the action. And it holds up remarkably well even after a quarter of a century. What makes the sequence even better is the attention to detail that put into making the animals move and act realistically. The Gallimimus themselves moved looks like it was very much inspired by the running movements of modern ostriches and the bit where the tyrannosaur brings down and rips into one of the Gallimimus was extremely well done. The way that they got the dinosaurs to move and act made them feel all the more like actual animals. It's those little touches like that which make the film so wonderful.