JURASSIC PARK III - Pteranodon Attack Test - BEHIND-THE-SCENES

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Read more here: bit.ly/PteranodonFxYT - Balázs

[@CJCroen1393]

I especially love how they gave the head those sort of quick, twitchy movements that you usually see with birds. I know Pteranodon wasn't a bird, but seeing as it may have acted something like one (it was basically a huge pelican, behavior-wise) the look fits, not to mention the fact that it's _terrifying_.

[@green_man8625]

Actually all dinosaurs were related to birds and hence survivors of the meteorite had evolved or devolved which ever way you look at it became birds

[@CJCroen1393]

I'm aware of that. I don't know what that has to do with Pteranodon, though, seeing as Pteranodon isn't a dinosaur.

[@quimbls]

Stan Winston and his team are the most talented in practical effects in cinema I have ever seen. They make things so believable that you don't care what's fake or not anymore.

[@ASkywalker91]

I know this isn't a real creature but it's just beautiful! Looking at it makes me want to go up to it and admire it's beauty. The eye details and everything is amazing.. And for an animatronic it's so graceful! This is what I love about practical effects vs digital ones, you really get a feel for what's actually filmed (rather than every creature being CG, although CG does have its good moments too)

[@CJCroen1393]

It's too bad Jurassic World had to go and make their Pteranodons so ugly :(

[@epicRMiddleton]

I believe there's a man inside. Its a suit.

[@vin1fx222]

+epicRMiddleton There is and it was me ;)

[@JesusGomez-ob2qt]

@TheMemeGenerator actually 65 million years ago

[@clankers8929]

Animatronics definitely have better moments or rather more realistic ones with more soul.

[@12rouged]

Geez... Who doesn't remember the bird cage from Jurassic Park III? Its all because of this amazing puppet I swear :D

[@StanWinstonSchool]

An inspiration for all of us. - David

[@CJCroen1393]

It was literally the only good part of the entire movie (bear in mind, I _could_ be biased seeing as I love Pteranodons so much - the movie itself was still bad).

[@hermansyahlgk4377]

@@StanWinstonSchool Jurassic World stan winston?

[@devonmartinski6596]

People fail to appreciate how much work goes into a movie, even if it does have a bad script.

[@ventureworld8046]

Jeez, imagine if theme parks had animatronics this good! I know some of this was controlled by a puppeteer but I think we need to bring puppeteers back!

[@Tchernobog]

that thing's alive... as years go on CGI gets better yes... but so does practical effects... hollywood stop replacing practical with CGI, combine the two.

[@ceesarort3ga940]

I hate cgi!! Lol

[@stephenbreen7570]

Is it odd that I can sum up my childhood with these 5 names? Stan Winston, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Stan Lee and James Cameron. Thank you Stan, for sharing your imagination.

[@zooshipcaptain8531]

Stephen Breen unfortunaly, Lucas, Spielberg and Cameron moved into CGI... I miss Ray Harryhausen, Rob Bottin, Chris Walas..

[@stephenbreen7570]

So true and so sad. CGI is lame

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Jason Matthews, the key artist on the Pteranodon, sculpted a maquette based on Crash McCreery’s concept art. From that maquette, the crew built an adult Pteranodon suit that had a thirty-five-foot wingspan and articulated cloth wings. The crew also constructed two fiberglass heads, one that was rod-controlled and another that was radio-controlled. Winston crewmember Mark Viniello performed in the Pteranodon suit, standing on stilts, his head fitted into the neck of the creature. More to come! JA

[@OrlandoOrca]

This is honestly amazing the amount of effort put into the JP movies is fantastic

[@chadsmith2671]

That would make one killer Halloween costume!

[@giagarex]

IT'S ALIVE! XD

[@CJCroen1393]

Now let's see it fly!

[@austinallen1099]

I liked that Pteranodon Attack Test.

[@abelmantor7557]

God, i can never get enough of these practical effects 😃

[@RaptorStudios]

I actually thought these were CGI pteranodons until last year when I read that they used practical effects for the bird cage scene as well. Amazing!

[@Sebastian__.]

I gotta say a guy in a suit and it's still terrifying. Mr. Winston Looking down smiling every time his team does more amazing work I have a feeling.

[@superscaryguy01]

The movements of the robot are fluid and organic.

[@galileohernadez]

OMG, havent seen this one, Its just beautiful guys

[@StanWinstonSchool]

She's a beauty isn't she, galileo hernadez?? -Matt

[@gan9e]

I missed JURASSIC PARK III and no one told me? :) amazing talents here... and RIP Stan Winston...

[@clankers8929]

Always loved animatronic Dinos & this guy is no exception. Just perfect. Incredible & beautiful all at the same time. The realism & attention to detail, like the Pteranodon tongue. Who would have thought. Miss the animatronic side of the Jurassic films, CG can only go so far. Happy when the Jurassic World series uses this art.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Then they unfortunately cover the puppets, what little they use, with CG animation.

[@Histerishort]

Really fantastic, beautiful work of art.

[@phishndaphrog-1895]

One thing I love about Jurassic Park 3 is that the dinosaurs look so good

[@typorah]

thats actually really cool

[@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat]

I absolutely love this channel and all of the amazing animatronics and puppets, but the peoples acting always totally crack me up! 😹🦖❤️

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Sorry, Tony, we're not taking on any apprentices currently, But we sure are glad to have you as a fan! - David

[@MechaGhoul]

Such beautiful work, it's insanely lifelike.

[@SagafreestyleNet]

Just amazing!!!

[@PrimalDrake]

I would die to have that suit I mean like walking around my neighborhood that would be funny. + I love dinosaurs that's why I want it : )

[@meowmeowimacat3046]

HELLSDEMON 484 same lol

[@CJCroen1393]

Pteranodon's actually a pterosaur, but I'd probably do the same thing and freak the whole neighborhood out XD (I'd probably wanna do so when it isn't hot outside though.)

[@erideb3864]

I would love to scare people with that

[@themeekwarrior]

Can you imagine seeing that thing running around at a convention? That would be a blast.

[@yuibot5998]

Just make sure it's in a big city, do that out in a rural area and you're gonna catch some buckshot

[@phishndaphrog-1895]

Looks so good

[@brotcon]

That is crazy good 🤩

[@StanWinstonSchool]

We couldn't agree more. - David

[@Gumorisco11]

It looks so real

[@axyskilet]

I love its eye movements....

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Hey VicariousReality7, We believe the best approach to creating fantasy movie creatures that seem "alive" is to blend both Practical and Digital approaches, using each for what they do best to fool the audience. When an audience doesn't believe something is "real," even though it may look cool, the film loses its visceral, emotional impact. -Matt

[@michaelapayne948]

You guys are like my idols

[@thelonewolf6425]

Hey guys! There should be an operation called “The Ingen Project”, where they recreate all of these dinosaur animatronics from the films and out them in a Jurassic Park!

[@thetoontastictoon1720]

Is that ACTUALLY a suit..? I thought for sure it was an animatronic until it started walking... then I thought it was a string puppet, till I saw no strings... someone please show a breakdown of this ptera like the way the breakdown was done on the raptors etc...

[@TheAlmightyPain]

It’s real

[@themeekwarrior]

It's a suit with animatronic parts. Kinda like a puppet you put on yourself.

[@kaddakai232]

Holy crap, the amount of detail put into it is amazing! It really sucks that they went with CGI though... With practical effects like these, you get a good sense of what you're looking at is real (but cgi can have its moments too).

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Stan Winston Studio created tons of anthropomorphic animals, sebaknight1. From the Budweiser Frogs to the Afflek duck, from the gorillas of congo and instinct to the Geoffrey the Giraffe from Toys R Us. -Matt

[@MrDavidkowalski11]

That is so cool. Thank you for the reply.

[@doosierty100]

Can I just work for free there? I'll start off taking the trash out and getting everyone coffee. The work you guys do is absolutely incredible.

[@jimhawkins144]

This is very good with the Pterodactyl attack I love jurassic park 3 it's good and awesome

[@keithbeckett1349]

I prefer the 3rd films pteranodon's than Jurassic Worlds, they just seemed...better

[@bubblefish17]

+Keith Beckett Definitely.

[@BloodyFlowerFilms]

Keith Beckett Those were more accurate Pteranodons. These ones were true mutants, probably similar to the Indominus Rex in Jurassic World which explains why they were locked up in that cage.

[@CJCroen1393]

I dunno, the teeth, females with big crests and implied aquaphobia certainly docked them a few points for me. JW's Pteranodons were hideously shrinkwrapped and had those bizarre eyebrow ridges (plus the grasping bird feet, but JP3's had those too), but at least they were toothless, short-crested 'cause they were all female and could swim.

[@Kiabugboy]

Anatomical accuracy aside, the way they portray the pteranodons in jp3 feels much more like an animal behaving on instincts and curiosity, In JW they feel more like swarms of flesh eating monsters and it's really terrible

[@dinoparrot10g23]

what about the dimorphodons in JW

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Awesome 😎

[@WillberGarcia]

Impressive !!

[@zooshipcaptain8531]

This effect is really amazing, it's a SHAME it wasn't kept, I speak about indeed my french book devoted to the story of practical fantastic movies with an addendum about the fx masters. It would be better to be allowed to use a screen capture of this in order the readers could really be able to see what I speak about.

[@tyranathos]

Very good vids, is a shame today the movies are not like this way anymore :/

[@Rahonavis70m]

0:59 - 1:30 is anyone else reminded of How to Train your Dragon? Pteranodon would certainly make a good Toothless, considering it had no teeth and an appetite for fish.

[@CJCroen1393]

I would absolutely love a How to Train Your Dragon-esque show/movie with pterosaurs in the place of dragons. Pterosaurs were basically real life dragons anyway, so why not?

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Lolo, this is from the Stan Winston Studio behind the scenes. We own all of it. - David

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Sometimes the studio takes them, sometimes we take the re-usable parts out and put them together as display models. - David

[@reekyleeky8686]

Omg how it's so detailed and

[@thebloocat]

Imagine seeing this in a museum.

[@jurassicstudios4850]

Jurassic Park is the Best movie Ever and jw

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

GREAT JURASSIC PARK III (2001 ) FILM - PTERANODON ATTACK TEST - BEHIND THE SCENES !!!

[@limbdarkening]

I want to work here some day.

[@Tonytheonce]

Stan Winston, may I become your apprentice?

[@ASkywalker91]

EDIT: my last comment I meant puppet*, but animatronic creatures also have a gracefullness to them :)

[@CrucibleOfFlame]

Had they removed the teeth, this would have been a scientificly accurate depiction of a pteranodon. They have the size and anatomy correct :)

[@VicariousReality7]

Not sure which animals you are referring to except for maybe tigers and poisonous insects Most animals here in the taiga are brown

[@ReaZaaa]

damn .. fantastic .. I'ld love to work there.

[@woodenNL]

Damn, they should make a real ''Jurassic Park'' full of animatronics like these.

[@nexiva]

this is awesome :) any chance we could see behind the scenes footage of the Spino v Trex fight? i hear there's footage of the animatronic Spino ripping off the animatronic Trex head! :D

[@HighDesertCactus]

They ended up going full CGI for this scene

[@horaciosi]

Smile Always Yeah. Oh the humanity.....so? What's your point?

[@HighDesertCactus]

horaciosi I didn't say it was good or bad, its a interesting fact that relates to the video... I hope you feel better douche

[@horaciosi]

Smile Always Much better. Anyway, how's your sex life? lol

[@horaciosi]

Smile Always They ended up using CGI because the movement of the suit was too awkward.

[@HighDesertCactus]

horaciosi Yeah I am aware... Thats how I knew, I am guessing you just recently saw the other video explaining just that

[@Vulpio7775]

If I could have a costume like this I would. Shame it's mostly controlled via puppet though.

[@pedrohernandez-oe7tb]

when the eye zoomed in,youd should have put terror music,lol

[@Horade_tirar]

It's me!!!!

[@MrDavidkowalski11]

Okay, a few questions: Who's idea was it to put the teeth on there? Horner's? Jonhston's? Did Horner even okay it? And if he didn't, did Johnston overwrite his decision? How many costumes of the Pteranodon did SWS make? and How many were used on screen? Was there a full animatronic of the Pteranodon or only costumes? If so, was there only one or multiple?

[@R2X]

Jim Henson had dreams of Muppets... His nightmares were made up of Stan Winston

[@VicariousReality7]

I do not know why people use these strange unrealistically fluidly moving CGI animals in most new movies, looks completely unbelievable

[@spencewith8dogshi344]

The pteranodon looks real

[@freedomconstruction]

This thing is sweet I would like to work here some day lo where is the sound

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Hmmmmm. How much time are you gonna put in????!!! ; ) - John

[@AndyMFX505]

Did any of the animatronic adult Pteranodon made it in the final film or were they all CG? I really question about the shot of one turn around and looking at Sam Neil and William H. Macey, because it just looks too real to be CG and I can tell the difference between practical and digital.

[@issacflores2010]

The animatronic was used it's just that the sequence was to quick that you can bairly noticed

[@AndyMFX505]

I'd always thought it animatronic. I'm glad that Jurassic World would bring back more animatronics by Legacy Effects, but reminds me that Stan is no longer with us.

[@BloodyFlowerFilms]

That particular shot was CGI, but like you, it took me until recently to realize this. There are two shots where the practical Pteranodon is used. It's the two cuts between where the practical Ptera is walking towards the 3 characters, Alan Grant kicks the CGI Ptera, and a practical Ptera continues advancing toward them.

[@t_rexdiaz6778]

Holy crap is this a puppet?

[@zecle]

i guess puppet are more impressive and more effective if they are big. if it's a giant fucking spinosaur who scares you just by standing there not moving.

[@lolo8068]

do you record this or just search this around the internet and put them together so we don't have to look it up???

[@xevious2501]

One thing ive noticed about how we preceive dinosaurs is this notion that there skin is grey and muddy looking, when more than likely these animals were full of fur and vibrant colors. Few animals on earth look anything like this color wise. These mokups look like dead creatures

[@zecle]

0:40 XD

[@ThorKipperberg]

Thats true ,it had simmilar beaks as birds have today, and some birds do have small dents in theyr beaks,that once was believed to have been remnants of teeths.you find these dents especially in fish eating species like seagulls and simmilar birds.And even ducks have them. but its not considered real teeth like dinosaurs had. But JP dinosaurs and animals were artificially created and was not real dinsoaurs even if they looked like it, so they could have had anything

[@VicariousReality7]

What are you talking about, i said i like puppets and stop motion instead of CGI Thanks for the random insults at least, you must feel so good now

[@practicalpisces]

umm did everyone else try to create this movie? i don't get why everyone is so mad about just showing how a big time movie is created....

[@bebedeluz]

The most reallistc animatronix i have ever seen are from JP :)

[@deadpatronus]

WOW

[@emiliohidalgo5927]

I still think the JP3 Pteranodons look better than the JW ones, though both got their pros and cons. JP3: pretty accurate size, pretty well muscular, the large soul-piercing eyes, but their wings are a little too shrinkwrapped(you can see the joints of the wingfinger!), the feet are completely wrong(digitigrated and being able to grasp, while in real life they couldn't and their feet were plantegrated like our feet), there are no signs of sexual dimorphism, and the biggest crime: they gave them teeth! (nodon litterally means Toothless) JW: Accurate curvature and pointiness of the beak and has no teeth, they all lack crests because they're female(fixing the sexual dimorphism-problem of JP3), are shown to dive and swim which is accurate. Problems? GOOD LORD ARE THEY SKINNY! I mean, it's like the park starves them to death, I'm surprised they can even walk. The head is also made too wide and they were given these cartoonishly exaggerated eyebrow-ridges with an angry expression

[@green_man8625]

Was it a costume?

[@CrucibleOfFlame]

Yeah :)

[@thatonekid30]

1:34 nightmare fuel

[@DiamondDead]

Lightyears more realistic than this fake CGI garbage from Jurassic World.

[@halitsahin6471]

is this a real pteronodon?

[@CJCroen1393]

Halit Sahin No, but no one would blame you if you legitimately thought it was real. Everytime I see footage like this I feel the need to do a double take.

[@laynewyman3160]

If the teeth and wires were removed and it was a lot smaller then yes I would believe it was real

[@petebrewer3341]

sorry but CGI will never be as good as good old models

[@cabinlasss243]

How much would one cost :)

[@hugothedog5258]

Pteranodons doesn't have teeth 0:35

[@jordanmak23]

Me too

[@Monstermodofficial]

pterodon is my favorite flying lizard

[@StanWinstonSchool]

*****, Nice pick. Who else is in your Flying Lizard Top Ten? -Matt

[@DABS139]

Stan Winston School Quetzalcoatlus & Pteranodon.

[@CJCroen1393]

+Stan Winston School Well I don't have any favorite flying lizards, but if you mean pterosaurs then my top ten favorites (in no particular order) are: 1. Pteranodon 2. Quetzalcoatlus 3. Dsungaripterus 4. Anhanguera 5. Harpactognathus 6. Rhamphorhynchus 7. Dimorphodon 8. Anurognathus 9. Nyctosaurus 10. Pterodaustro

[@edgytoucan3444]

Mines quetzalcoatlus

[@whizla1]

wtf on the sound

[@CromartieD]

That girl goes from shoes, to barefoot, to socks....to which I ask why?

[@lil18thletterking77]

Sir .Sol-leks very observant

[@adonisza1996]

$10

[@zooshipcaptain8531]

Who are the dirty dozen who hates this marvel ?

[@zerosoze8310]

The fuck boys who bitch about Jurassic Park 3.