The essay concludes with the proposal that this is one of the essential ingredients lacking from the sequels. Director of photography Dean Cundey captures all this awe, fear, and arrogance with (among other things) clever blocking. After all, Jurassic Park is a film about the equal enormity of ancient beasts and human hubris. In that spirit, the video essay below zeros in on two elements that really capture what makes Steven Spielberg‘s film such a densely efficient piece of visual storytelling: scale and framing. Is there a more paralyzing moment of sound design than the roar of the T-rex? A more appropriately gargantuan score than that of John Williams? I know I’m not breaking any new ground with my “ Jurassic Park? Good movie.” take, but holy smokes what a picture! Indeed, this is one of those rare films where every single lighting queue, performance, and detail of set design feels like it’s working in service of the story. The temptation to gesticulate wildly at the whole thing is very strong. There is so much to admire about the original Jurassic Parkthat identifying what, exactly, makes it so damn good feels like a bit of a fool’s errand.
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