Colin Trevorrow Talks Filming Resuming on ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’
In an exclusive interview with Empire, director Colin Trevorrow discusses how the lockdown has affected Jurassic World: Dominion’s shooting schedule, and gives detail into the process of getting the movie filming again.
Colin also confirmed that the scenes filmed earlier this year in British Columbia, Canada were mostly dinosaur sequences, meaning those scenes could still be worked on remotely during the lockdown.
“For many of us, Dominion was already the biggest creative challenge of our lives, before the lockdown. The shooting schedule really worked to our advantage – the first four weeks we put to film were mostly sequences with dinosaurs in them. So that allowed us to get a head start on VFX and workshop some of the newer elements without the pressure of a looming deadline,”
Last month we reported that filming would resume on July 6 and that various safety measures had been put into place to ensure cast and crew protection while returning to work.
Despite those new guidelines ensuring safety for those working on the film, Colin noted the challenge of actually establishing a world that is separate from the current social distancing world we live in.
“I’m confident our guidelines will keep us safe. The hard part will be constructing a creative environment within all the precautions. Once the cameras roll, we have to forget our world and live in the world of the movie. That may take some practice.”
At the beginning of the crisis Colin reassured the cast and crew that they would continue making the movie soon.
“I’ve been really moved by the way everyone has shown support for each other. We’re all fired up to get back to work. This is what we do, and we’re all eager to get back out there and do it.”
Jurassic World: Dominion is the first major production to resume filming since the lockdown began, and begun filming yesterday at Pinewood Studios. Universal and Pinewood are abiding by strict guidelines to ensure the maximum safety of those involved with the production.
The full interview with Colin Trevorrow can be found in this week’s edition of Empire Magazine, available on July 9.
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