Why watch Walking with Dinosaurs? Because where else can you see scientifically vetted dinosaurs with better fact-checking than your newsfeed (Not a high bar these days), storytelling that won’t have palaeontologists rolling their eyes, and a BBC tradition of documentaries that’s older than the fossil record. No door handles, no roaring inaccuracies—just prehistoric drama with actual research behind the protagonists.
But how do you deliver 800 shots of CG dinosaurs, avoid the Jurassic Park effect, and keep the raptors from opening doors? For Lola Post, the answer involved two years, 200 artists, a lot of Unreal Engine, and not a single creative liberty without palaeontologist approval. In a Digital Production exclusive, Rob Harvey (Creative Director, Lola Post) explains how the London-based VFX studio handled BBC Studios’ 2025 reboot of Walking with Dinosaurs, what kept the production pipeline from extinction, and why their animators are still haunted by burning forests and underwa...
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