 When it came time for a video for " Jurassic Park " , Yankovic opted to use stop @-@ motion and claymation ; he joked during a Q & A that this was because " it 's just too hard to find real live dinosaurs these days . " " Jurassic Park " was Yankovic 's first video that was entirely animated — previous videos , such as " Money for Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies " and " Dare to Be Stupid " had featured elements of animation . The video was directed by Mark Osborne and Scott Nordlund . Yankovic initially heard of the duo from Bill <unk> , the leader singer of the comedy rock band Green Jellÿ . After being hired for the project , the two " basically turned a private residence in Los Angeles into a clay animation studio . " The two worked between July and August 1993 , and slept in shifts , so that the final project would be ready for its release in October 1993 . One critic noted that the music video seems to have been done in the style of Will Vinton 's Dinosaurs ! – A Fun @-@ Filled Trip Back in Time ! The video parodies scenes from , as well as the general plot of the 1993 movie , and contains a myriad of sight @-@ gags — as is usual for Yankovic 's videos — such as a claymation version of Steven Spielberg running from dinosaurs , Barney having his head ripped off , and a Velociraptor attempting to break down a door , only to realize it has a key . 
