VFX Breakdown: ILM's Oscar-Nominated Work On Jurassic World Rebirth

Dinosaurs, landscapes, water effects, and everything in between.

Contrary to what you might expect, the VFX work on Jurassic World Rebirth wasn't solely focused on dinosaurs. Water, for instance, played a major role in the film, yet only about 10% of the scenes were actually shot at sea, and to achieve realistic visuals for the rest, the team developed an entirely new water pipeline.

Watch the video to see how Industrial Light & Magic brought the environments and creatures to life, and how they digitally removed actors' wetsuits, worn to keep them warm in the water, as explained by Production Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery.

Jurassic World Rebirth earned a Best Visual Effects nomination, the franchise's first Oscar recognition in any category since The Lost World. We've come a long way since then: here are some old pictures that ILM shared to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary: