Allen Grant and Ellie Sadler are working hard and painstakingly on a dinosaur dig. In the Badlands near Snakewater, Montana, Drs. From his facial expression, the viewer understands that this is a rare and valuable find. A scientist (a “digger”) views a piece of amber that was just found, containing a mosquito. There is a lawsuit now against the project. The viewer understands that something predatory and dangerous was in that crate.Ī “blood-sucking” lawyer (reflecting blood-sucking mosquitoes), arrives at the amber mine at Manos de Dios (hands of God) in the Dominican Republic. Its presence is inferred by the creature’s movements and vocalizations, the intense and horrified expressions on the people’s faces, and the scene where the injured worker is pulled from the grip of the expert hunter. An accident occurs, and a worker is killed when the creature inside the crate is released and grabs the worker’s leg. This is on the Isla Nubar, 120 miles off the coast of Costa Rica. The opening scene (the master scene) shows the expert hunter standing grimly by with his gun as workers unload a metal crate. The opening music, written by John Williams, is ominous and primitive, implying that the viewer is entering untamed territory. Based on the book by Michael Crichton, the camera moves smoothly back and forth between situations and scenes (parallel editing), just like a book. The editor relays the story “clearly, efficiently, and coherently” (Barsam and Monahan), leaving no doubt or confusion in the mind of the viewer.
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The pacing of the movie keeps the tension building to the climax. Each scene is designed to support the story and the theme of the movie. The editing, done by Michael Kahn, is seamless and flawless. The movie explores the ethics of scientific manipulation of nature and introduces the concept of chaos theory. Steven Spielberg’s 1993 science fiction thriller, Jurassic Park, tells a linear story using continuity editing.