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Jurassic World
Battle at Big Rock
Short film
Written by Emily Carmichael and Colin Trevorrow
Directed by
Colin Trevorrow
Premiered
September 15, 2019 |
When dinosaurs roamed America.
Watch the short film at
YouTube
Notes from the Jurassic Park chronology
This short film takes place about 1 year after the events of
Fallen Kingdom, at the end of which numerous dinosaurs escaped
on the mainland of the United States into the wild.
Didja Know?
This short film lasts 8 minutes and 39 seconds.
The Big Rock National Park that the story takes place in is
fictitious, said to be about 20 miles from where the dinosaurs
escaped, which was in the approximate area of the small northern
California coastal village of Orick.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this movie
Dennis
Kadasha
Greg
Mariana
Dennis and Mariana's baby (unnamed)
Mateo
Didja Notice?
The Universal logo that appears at the beginning of this short
film does not depict the globe of Earth's continents as usual,
but the shape of the classic T. rex skeleton of
Jurassic Park.

The guitar music playing during the barbecue scene at the
campground seems to come from one of the fellow campground
inhabitants.
Dialog indicates that Dennis and Mariana have been together for
about two years, each with a child from a previous relationship;
Dennis has Kadasha and Mariana has the slightly older Mateo. In
the time they've known each other, Dennis and Mariana have also
had a third child together, the unnamed infant seen in this
short film.
Little Kadasha remarks at the start of the family's dinner that
fellow campground-goer Greg showed her how to fire his double
crossbow. The double crossbow is also known as the repeating
crossbow, allowing more than one bolt to be fired without reloading. Her
remark sets up the scene later in the story when she saves the
day from the predations of an Allosaurus.
Dennis' shout to Greg early in the film that he shouldn't let
his (Dennis') 8-year old shoot his crossbow indicates the girl
Kadasha's age.
The dinosaurs who first appears at the family's campsite appear
to be Nasutoceratops. This is the first appearance of
this species in the JP series.
Kadasha remarks how the dinosaurs migrate and that there was even one
in the woods near her school.
The theropod carnosaur that attacks the
Nasutoceratops family (and later the humans) is
an Allosaurus.
At about 4:09 on the video, the shadow of the male
Nasutoceratops can be seen approaching to enter
the fray in the background.
A number of dinosaurs-on-the-loose "found footage" scenes are
featured in the closing credits of this short film. The scenes
depict a number of Compsognathus chasing a young girl
around in a corral; a Stegosaurus crossing a highway; a
Parasaurolophus along a river; a Mosasaurus
eating what may be a Great White Shark in the Pacific Ocean; and
a Pteranodon swooping down to snag a dove in its beak at a wedding ceremony.
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