The Surprising Screenwriting Twist That Made Me Fall for Jurassic Park All Over Again
But the point is, it’s such a simple setup. And that creates clear GSU. If you do that for your set pieces, you’re winning most of the time.
Another thing Koepp did that impressed me was he created two different groups of people to follow on the island. This allowed him to create twice as many set pieces.
I think what Koepp realized, possibly in early drafts, was that if he only followed a team of mercs, that they would be able to stand their ground against the dinosaurs. I mean they have giant guns and weapons. By creating a family as well, he could place characters into situations that the audience genuinely didn’t think they could survive. Like that T-Rex scene. You’re sitting there thinking, “There is literally no way they can survive against this thing.”
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