Amazing Special Effects That Were Actually Made For Cheap
Jurassic Park
T-Rex Makes Water Ripple
Few scenes in the original Jurassic Park inspired as much dread as the single shot of a glass of water rippling silently from the heavy tread of an approaching T-Rex. Director Steven Spielberg searched long and hard to find a way to cause the perfect circular ripples. He finally found it, not in some sophisticated machinery, but a guitar chord.
Michael Lantieri, who was in charge of dinosaur effects, picked away at his guitar until he hit upon the exact note which would cause the glass of water to ripple the way Spielberg wanted.
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