Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Although Stan Winston Studio created multiple raptors for JURASSIC PARK, including full-size cable-controlled puppets, half-puppets, and insert legs, some Raptor shots were most efficiently captured with a man in a suit. SWS supervisor John Rosengrant was pegged as the main Raptor suit performer, with SWS concept designer Mark “Crash” McCreery also pitching in when the shot required two raptors.

In this video, you can see one of the first Velociraptor suit tests with John Rosengrant. It was an L200 foam fabricated "garbage bag test," where the Stan Winston Studio team members realized that the suit was very organic and mobile. You can see the finished suit in several scenes in Jurassic Park, for example, in the kitchen scene.

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