The making of the T-Rex for Jurassic Park

How many pounds of clay was used to sculpt the T-Rex in Jurassic park?

(a)  

To begin, the artists modeled a smaller scale design which was _____ of the larger scale dinosaur in order to guide them as they enlarged the final design.

• 1/2

• 5 times

• 1/5

• the same size

In order to "fill out" the 3-dimension, the artists used loaf style cuts of this material to attach to the metal armature:

• wood

• foam

• clay

• metal

What was laid over the wood and metal to give the clay something to adhere to?

• Wet rags

• plastic

• chicken wire and fiberglass

• rubber cement

What did the artists use to mark where the bones would go in the skin of the dinosaur model?

• little marks in the clay

• gage sticks

• thicker clumps of clay

• a line

How many weeks did it take to complete the modeling of the clay before it was used to cast?

• 6 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 12 weeks

• 16 weeks

How were all of details for the scales and wrinkles added to the clay?

• they were stamped on

• Computer generated

• painted on

• hand carved

The original armature was made of aluminum. It proved to be too light to hold the weight of the clay. What material did they have to switch to support the clay weight?

(a)