JURASSIC PARK's Spitter - Building the Dilophosaurus Dinosaur puppet

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Read the FULL STORY here: bit.ly/SpitterBtsYT - Balázs

[@crazygeek4296]

I always loved the way it looked behind itself when Nedry throws the stick past it. It's kinda cute, in its realism.

[@StanWinstonSchool]

We totally agree crazygeek4296. - David

[@edgytoucan3444]

I love the dilophosaurus, I mean he’s adorable. I wish I could have one and name him George

[@oijosukeiliveinyourwalls5798]

Its dogomorphizing dinos which is funny.

[@evanbelisle8464]

It’s face rippingly adorable

[@GadZip]

That guy is a hero. If he wouldn't have risen his hand, spitter might not have existed.

[@matthewromano1198]

I loved hearing his story about how he was assigned to create the Dilophosaurus robot. Very inspiring!

[@hazonku]

And to think that little bit of artistic license you guys took has inspired nearly every depiction of the creature since. Not bad for "the new guy" just winging it with Crash's design.

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Dilophosaurus was my favorite dinosaur of the film, scared the bejeezus out of me. We do our best with the BTS footage we have available, to give as much information to the fans as possible. Always happy to hear you want more, John! -Maggie

[@tuby0805]

This is my favorite dinosaur in the entire movie! I can watch this every day without getting bored.

[@dementedavenger2784]

This is why Jurassic Park's visuals stand up today. The level of detail in the animatronics is astounding. It shows that people used to care about the movies they made. Now CGI just gives everything a cartoony look instead of the awesome gritty, life-like dinos of JP.

[@Mellie_H]

Here in 2024, and am enthralled! The amount of talent and work that goes into these creations is astounding. The Spitter will remain a part of my memory forever. When he suddenly threw out his frill, I believe I just about jumped out of my seat! Pure terror! Thank you for sharing these behind the scenes moments. This has made my day!

[@WarriorMasterTrainer]

You guys just blew my mind... Amazing job

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Thanks, Tard Repellent. - David

[@train_go_boom2065]

@@StanWinstonSchool thank you for making my childhood

[@safron2442]

This movie is what made me love dinosaurs. And as soon as I saw the Dilophosaurus, I knew it was my favorite dinosaur. The ways it moved was amazing, and it's really hard to capture a soul in a creature, but you people have achieved that. Even with the Dilophosaurus inaccuracies, it is still my favorite dinosaur to this day.

[@austincurry5317]

I don't think the dilophosaurus had a frill, but that puppet really brought the creature to life. The frill was one of the best liberties ever taken in the world of film making

[@Perid0tStar]

Its even inspired other media! There's a cute little kids' cartoon on Disney Jr called 'Dino Ranch' where its kind of a Flintstone re-imagining of the old west with a little family that raises and trains dinosaurs that work on their farm. There's an episode where they need to scare pterodactyls out of their cornfield, and a dilophosaur pops its neck frill and startles it away xD

[@MsStonedAgin]

We need to make a move back to practical effects. They look so much more realistic than CGI.

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Yeah. Even CGI back then looked better and they did more work with it but moder day dino or monster movies are ridicilous. Not only do modern movies have shit CGI but even creature ideas suck. Rly? sharknado? sandsharks? sharctopus? yes all are shark movies but those movies are getting biggest beating. I can't even remember last NEW good shark movie i saw or monster movie with CGI. They used to make even robot monsters back then. Thats why many movies from 1980-2000 beat new movies. Modern movies are so lazily made. Even toys look better than moder CGI.

[@dodapictures2141]

I’d like to see more stop motion dinos specifically

[@dante4ever563]

I agree problem is it costs more & Hollywood is cheapest people in this day of age.

[@masterafricankingofjamenos1645]

@@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830 Which one is better

[@davidwile1277]

@@dante4ever563 its actually cheaper to do practical effects much more cost efficient.....but the real problem is directors are lazy its harder and takes alot more planning to use practical effects...instead of giving an idea to a cgi team

[@mathewwoodman58]

Jurassic Park is one of my favourite films, and the spitter is my favourite dinosaur by far! It's absolutely incredible how much work went into it. Good stuff!

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

You can tell how much love and joy went into creating each of Jurassic Park's dinosaurs, but seeing this production content from a technical aspect and the amount of skill, creativity, and hard work in bringing these creatures to life is overwhelming. The completed film is truly a high watermark in puppeteer mastery.

[@dillydilophosaur]

This is just... just amazing. As you can imagine from the username here, the Spitter here is my favorite animatronic creature of all time. Huge fan of the thing, and just love seeing all the work that went into bringing it to life. Also a fan of the fictional animal that all this went towards bringing to life. All that hard work definitely didn't go unappreciated- it's a huge chunk of my childhood! Huge fan of the Dilophosaurus, both the fictionalized animal, and the animatronic itself.

[@equarg]

All these years.....and I just saw how much work went into that little dino..... WOW.

[@JDBooksForAll]

This was one of my favorite scenes with Dennis Nedry who did a spectacular job acting with this creature before he gets eaten. Greed comes to no end as the mud washes over his shave cream can.

[@johndoherty487]

Wayne Knight did a spectacular job playing Dennis Nedry.

[@OrionsAngel]

This is why Jurassic Park's CG still holds up. It wasn't phoned in like most of today's CG. They were making it up as they went along. That sparks creative minds and inspires.

[@samifranco5541]

To be honest this dinosaur looked so dam realitic than i shat my pants on the movie, pretty menacing and beautyful at he same time becaming a very know dinosaur by today, great job man

[@Napira2545]

I really like how the dilophosaurus looks! I love how it has the frills like a frilled lizard to give it some character and personality! Amazing job! This is one of the best scenes in the movie!

[@expiredwater4118]

5:29 That's an understatement. It turned out amazing.

[@bradmullaerialphotography]

Wow amazing I loved the spitter sequence I never thought it was done on a platform

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Brad Mull definitely one of my favorite parts of the movie. I loved learning more about how they did it! -Maggie

[@lucasptczuk317]

+Stan Winston School adorei esse vídeo e o dilofossauro

[@azububbletea]

+Lucas Ptczuk É nois ;)

[@mikethedogfnaf8989]

+Lucas Ptczuk serii

[@monkeydude3987]

Truly an incredibly put together sequence, I never knew so much went into making it look as real as possible!

[@CMYKolours]

The thought of how much time and work that goes into these creatures. My god I love it.

[@TrevVision]

the spitter scene terrified me as a kid. what a magical film.

[@301Goldstar]

Dilophosaurus is one of my fav. I wish it would have been more of them in the movie. Whats funny is that their in all the JP games but not in any other JP movies. It would be nice to see them in other movies and have a bigger part.

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Cassidy, Very true. But adding the spitting venom made it way more scary. It is a movie after all. ;) -Matt

[@G31M1]

I‘m so glad that I get to see footage like that!

[@StanWinstonSchool]

You're welcome! It's our pleasure to be able to share this amazing footage with all the fans out there. -Maggie

[@TalkinBen]

you dont know how much i would love to go in to this industry, all of this seems like my dream job

[@DrZen007]

Favourite dinosaur of all time!!!! and favourite film of all time!!!! Please put up more JP stuff!!!

[@GadgetMom22]

Spitter guy scared the spit out of me. I'm glad I saw the behind the scenes after the movie, so I could enjoy the effects. I enjoyed seeing the characters evolution. Thank you for sharing. Awesome work (or play)!

[@zeusthefox1585]

He must feel proud hes responsible for one of the most iconic dinos in the movie.

[@jiffy1313]

I have never seen a video that depicted exactly what I want to do more than this. amazing. what a dream to get paid to do what you love.

[@SJ_RANKS]

Rick you my friend are an absolute genius

[@Dan_Cattell_Art]

This film and dinosaur made me fall in love with films. I just graduated Rutgers as an animator and, coincidentally, use Softimage, the same animation software that JP used.

[@CocoonedBadgers]

The Dilo has always been my favorite animatronic in Jurassic Park. Nice job you guys!

[@yester30]

The Dilophosaurus looked amazing in the 3D conversion :)

[@MissTopsieX]

OMG this playlist series is AMAZING

[@AndreasNV]

this is awesome, i wish there were more spitter dilo dino action in the movies

[@imnotgoodwithnames3252]

Me too

[@thedinosaurdiscovery]

You guys did an amazing job!!! The Dilophosaurus scene is my most favorite scene in the whole entire movie! The Dilophosaurus is my favorite dinosaur because of you guys, and if it wasn't for the Dilophosaurus, I wouldn't be the dinosaur and Jurassic Park fan I am today. I do hope the Dilophosaurus will return in Jurassic World 3 because I think fans will be quite disappointed if it doesn't.

[@danielengel4593]

I think you said it right, an experience you will never forget. Would be proud to work for such a movie, it looks so much fun. Amazing creative work you all did back then. JP is a milestone in movie history, congrats man, you was part of it :)

[@AnandaPriyadharshan]

wow!!! I am amazed at how much work went on behind scenes... it's like another world! and this is the secret behind the success of the movie

[@wysiwyg2006]

i wish these videos were longer. that Dilophosaurus was so real looking in the film

[@centozo]

You guys are pioneers. It sucks that filmmakers dont have the same kind of work ethic as you guys. Today they make movies, back then you made art.

[@connorvaughn7968]

The dilo in Jurassic Park was a juvenile. Nedry says something about "Blah blah your big brothers". Hinting that the dilo was young in the movie.

[@TheUniversalVault]

Awesome! I've hardly seen any behind the scenes footage of the Dilophosaurus from JP. Thank you! :)

[@TheShadowedOne1]

HELL YES! I've been waiting for a "Making of - Dilophosaurus" for a LONG TIME. Please make more Jurassic Park behind the scenes!

[@tyrant191]

wow they rarely showed the dilophosaurus behind the scenes great video keep it up :)

[@StanWinstonSchool]

We can't wait!!! Going to be amazing and part of the reason why is because the dinosaurs stand the test of time :) - Maggie

[@queuesnake704]

I am simultaneously freaked out and fascinated by this.

[@CADable]

Loved the kinematics❤

[@StanWinstonSchool]

You've got some keen eyes, Carlo-Rufino. Nice catch! -Matt

[@MinaNightWolf]

Now thats what i call realistic dinosaur. But now a days they make dinosaur movies out of computerized and they totally look so fake. I don't know why they don't use mechanical ones to make them realistic.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

Probably money.

[@jeanpaulmedellin]

Matt Piavis money and time, is faster to make it in post production, that way the filming can be dono faster, but IMO, actors react better when they have something to interact

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

Jean Paul Medellin I agree

[@edgytoucan3444]

They still look real in cgi we can only do so many things with puppets. The cgi is much better, for bigger scenes.

[@Toolness1]

Edgy is correct. They can only do stationary and very limited scenes with the animatronics...if you want big and involved action scenes, you are going to have to put up with CGI. Otherwise you have scenes where the dinosaur is hardly moving. A mix of both is best. You can easily tell when they swapped between practical and CGI in the original movie when you watch it today...but CGI is getting better and it gets harder and harder to tell. I guess when I watch a movie I suspend a bit of criticism and immerse myself into the movie, I don't nitpick little things so unless the CGI is absolutely scorpion king level terrible, I'm ok with it.

[@amoe1234]

cg could never amaze me as much a practical tricks do.. amazing work!

[@StarGiraffinum]

I love what they did with Dilophosaurus in this movie.

[@RED11FILMS1]

Im always suprised at how well the fx hold up in jurassic park. That was 20 years ago! man i'm gettin old.

[@grxengine]

I'm just going to put it out there: Syfy Channel should reboot Jurassic Park by doing a mini series of Michael Crichton's original Jurassic Park novel. This movie was\is a classic, but the depth of that novel needs to be explored. I'm just sayin'.

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Yes, grxengine, great idea! We agree. - David

[@BloodyFlowerFilms]

Great idea! Just not the Syfy channel, they would definitely ruin it somehow.

[@maryudomah4387]

I LOVED the book. I was a bit disappointed when they didn't allow John Hammond to die via Compies... Oh well. Little old men can't die that easily.

[@BloodyFlowerFilms]

I'll always prefer Film Hammond over Novel Hammond. Novel Hammond deserved a grim fate, Film Hammond didn't and I loved they didn't go with that route.

[@maryudomah4387]

BloodyFlowerFilms True, true.

[@LittleJimmy835]

You guys had better get the job on Jurassic Park IV! I love you guys!

[@thatoneguy6432]

He's Adorable!!

[@monkeydude3987]

What a work of art, every bit!

[@chrysanthemumman]

I have a feeling there were two Dilophosaurus dinosaur puppets used while filming. One for the general scenes and one specifically meant for the scene when it opens it's frills. In the scenes before the frill action, the frills look very neatly tucked into the neck. Which I think would be difficult with all the umbrella like frame work that pop it open. In the film, the scene when the frills actually pop open, on looking closely you can actually see the frills are already hanging out and ready to open.

[@sir_john_hammond]

Looks like you guys spared no expense.

[@ShisaAi]

i loved this creature so much , as much as i loved the raptors, i begged my folks for both the spitting version and frilled version toys of the dilophosaurus, still one of my faves, neat to know how its creation came to be

[@Litzergam]

This was my favorite dinosaur in the movie. I was disappointed to learn that the real version didn't spit or have a frill. Those additions made the dilophosaurus so much cooler!

[@TallTank]

Thanks for making one of my favorite dinosaurs

[@austinallen1099]

I like how they build the dilophosaurus puppet.

[@rafiba]

So fun to see the creation of this amazing unforgettable piece! You guys are a great inspiration

[@revolutionday1]

Yes!! This was my favorite dinosaur from the movie, and it took me a bit to find this video, but it was worth it! Nice work!

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

Mah spittin' boi. I love this guy.

[@robertreyes6456]

Still my favorite dinosaur from that movie man.

[@jesseyules]

Seems like all of the movement is done by pulling cables and springs? There are no servo motors? Would the same approach be used in 2020?

[@thomascaldwell2567]

Fun Fact: after a lot of research it turns out that the Dilophosaurus and Velocerapor sizes should be switch, the Raptor is smaller then the spitter.

[@thedarksaviour755]

We need to bring back more animatronics into movie again. What happens to these amazing creations after the movie wraps up?

[@epicvideosedge1]

i loved the dilophosaurus in this movie, but i read somewhere that it was much much larger than it was in the movie. it supossedly stood 7 feet tall and grew to be 21 feet long. if that's true, how come you made the "spitter" so small? could it have been a baby or juvinial?

[@StanWinstonSchool]

It is smaller than the historical record for an adult Dilophasaur. Perhaps it was a juvenile, or perhaps it was an early clone with some stunted attributes, but either way, I think the filmmakers made it smaller to give it a human scale. - David

[@epicvideosedge1]

Stan Winston School i would rather have the dilophosaurus a smaller type of dinosaur. i just think it looks cooler that way. do you think it had an actual frill like in the movie?

[@StanWinstonSchool]

I'm no paleontologist, epicvideosedge1, but I've seen similar in my son's dino books. - David

[@bntb37]

They changed it a lot for the Books and the Movies. It didn't, as far a we know, spit or have frills.

[@Ladondorf]

I hear they changed the size of the Dilophosaurus to make sure we don't confuse it for a raptor.

[@dgastudios6632]

i love the movie! my second favorite dinosaur is dilophasaurua.

[@themuto1966]

I love practical effects.

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Though it is true that filmmakers often use CGI because it allows them the freedom to make changes later in the filmmaking process, but if there is a singular vision, animatronics can and do provide the most seamless effects. Though the frequency of their use in films has gone down, less time for doubt and more room for risk have increased their use in commercials. - David

[@Peter_1986]

The dilophosaurus was cute while Dennis was goofing around with the stick; it started feeling terrifying when it had followed Dennis up the slope, and stood right behind him, and even Dennis himself is visibly starting to get scared at that point.

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Martin, If you'd like to become a character creator, the best place to start learning is our online workshop. Click on the website link in the video description above to see what we have to offer. -Matt

[@lars7282]

Thanks for that story.

[@starwarsloverandgamer2237]

well good job that is one of my favorite scenes in the movie

[@sdh3401]

Dont like the inacuracies such as the small size, frill, and spitting venom, but I love how its made, especially the tongue & neck

[@ceesarort3ga940]

Those guy's are Genius!!

[@Ruasack]

The spitter was always my favorite!

[@MylesShannon]

The spitter's hood comes out of no where!

[@StanWinstonSchool]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. - David

[@voronOsphere]

Amazing Animatronics!

[@StanWinstonSchool]

squigglewacks, Actually that's a myth. Practical FX are far more affordable than comparable CGI FX for instances where both methods are feasible. -Matt

[@Tchernobog]

was cool to see him show up in JW on the hologram hes one of my faves

[@2837sharding]

Thank you guys !

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Anna, all you gotta do is go to our website and decide where you want to start. That's it. It's open to all. - David

[@pingsmoth]

Thanks for a great video! Can't wait to see JP in IMAX 3D in a few weeks.

[@StanWinstonSchool]

Hey kiddykorni0, We'll share your note with Rick! Glad you enjoyed the video. -Matt

[@niqgal3356]

It's adorable.

[@bones99999]

Awesome thatnks for sharing. You just answered a question I had on a neck mechanism for a raptor suit we are working.

[@MarkArandjus]

Fantastic! One thing that always bothered me though and I remember watching it frame by frame on my VCR as a kid, was that the frill came out of nowhere.

[@BridgeOfInsanity]

I hope your famous cause you deserve it. That movie. If your reading this sub he deserves it sooooooooo much.

[@Yaneos]

It took so long to see this video. Thank You guys, I wanted to see how Dilophosaurus was built since I saw the move! Hope for videos from the Lost World about baby T-rex and Stegosaurus! :-D

[@FablesOutofSpace]

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I WANTED THAT FIGURE SOO MUCH BUT NEVER GET IT:(

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