Twelve years in the making. We had to wait for the technology. They waited till 1994 to begin. The scientific mandate. To house the project, Disney took over the former Skunk Works facility near Burbank Airport where Lockheed built the Stealth Bomber.
Every scene is a special effect.
Jurassic Park had 60 special-effect shots. Originally, the characters were going to express themselves through actions, not words, so it would play like The Bear. The next idea was to use voiceovers, as in Homeward Bound. But to create true empathy for the animals, they needed to speak. Each character is introduced slowly.