Lockwood Estate (Film Universe)

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Lockwood Estate
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General information
Status	Abandoned
Location	Northern California

The Lockwood Estate was the home of Benjamin and Maisie Lockwood in Northern California. It was here that Lockwood and John Hammond would extract their first DNA sample from Fossilised Amber paving the way for De-Extinction and Jurassic Park.

It would later become the headquarters of the Lockwood Foundation and be usurped by Eli Mills for his own agenda, including the creation of the Indoraptor and auctioning the surviving animals of the Isla Nublar Crisis to fund further research and development.

History

De-Extinction

Main article: De-Extinction (Film Universe)

Let me give you a bit of history. This is where it all began. Before the islands, Sorna, Jurassic Park, all of it. Hammond and Lockwood built custom lab in a sub-basement extracted the first DNA from amber, right beneath our feet.

—Eli Mills, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

In the sub-basement beneath Lockwood House, John Hammond and Benjamin Lockwood built a custom laboratory and extracted the first DNA from Amber, paving the way for De-Extinction. Their partnership would not last however as, after the loss of Lockwood's Daughter in a car accident, Lockwood would become obsessed with using the technology they were developing to bring her back to life, much to Hammond's horror. The pair would go their separate ways with Hammond continuing their dream on his own.

Lockwood would eventually succeed in his goal however, many years later, and raised his daughter's clone Maisie Lockwood at the estate.

Isla Nublar Crisis

Main article: Isla Nublar Crisis (Film Universe)

In 2018, shortly after an announcement by the US Senate that they would not be intervening on Isla Nublar and rescuing the dinosaurs endangered by the imminent eruption of Mt. Sibo, Claire Dearing received a phone call summoning her to the Lockwood Estate. Upon arriving, she was greeted by Iris who remarked that she was early. Whilst waiting in the entrance hall, Dearing observed several of the paintings hanging from the walls before focusing her attention of a Portrait of John Hammond. She was then joined by Eli Mills who gave her a history lesson on the estate while walking her into the Library. He then told her that they had asked her there for a favour, to help rescue the dinosaurs of Isla Nublar and transport them to a Sanctuary that they owned. Benjamin Lockwood then approached in his wheel chair and reaffirmed the plan as their chance at redemption, and that Hammond had been right. The dinosaurs did not require human presence to survive. Above on the mezzanine level, Maisie Lockwood watched the group curiously. Lockwood was then taken away by Iris for his medication. Having spotted Maisie, Dearing asked Mills if Lockwood had a daughter, to which he told her that Maisie was his grandchild and that his daughter had been killed in a car crash. Up in Mills' office, Dearing and Mills further discussed the plans for the expedition. Mills informed Dearing that they need her to help reactivate the park's tracking system to help locate the animals faster and that with her help they would be able to rescue at least 11 species but the last remaining Velociraptor, Blue was proven difficult, and they thought that Dearing might know someone that could help, implying Owen Grady.

Later, after the expedition was underway, Iris searched the house for Maisie who was hiding in the dioramas. She then burst out from behind Iris surprising her. After a short exchange about queen's English, Iris told Maisie that she needed to see her Grandfather before taking a bath. Up in Lockwood's room, Lockwood was thumbing through the Family Photo Album which he subtly put away as Maisie and Iris entered the room. After telling her grandfather about her day, Maisie asked if she looked like her mother which Lockwood confirmed she did. She then asked if her mother had ever visited Jurassic Park, gesturing to the model that Lockwood kept next to his bed. Lockwood confirmed that she had visited the park, a long time ago, and like Maisie she would have saved the dinosaurs, given the chance.

After Mill's team successfully captured Blue, Ken Wheatley called Mills in his office to inform him that they had her and that he wanted a bonus for the effort. Unimpressed with the delays, Mills told Wheatley that he was already a day behind and that he needed to get her back to the estate now. Maisie chose this moment to visit Mills, asking questions about the rescue operation and the dinosaurs. Unable to hear Wheatley on the phone, Mills became irritated by Maisie and shouted at her that this was not the time. Regaining his composure, he apologised for his outburst and told her that if she waited in the library he would be down soon to tell her of their progress. Ushering her out of the door, Mills reaffirmed to Wheatley that he had until the next day to deliver the animals.

As Mt. Sibo began the final stages of its eruption on Isla Nublar, Mills watched a live feed from his office observing the Arcadia as it pulled away from shore and went out to sea. He then received a call informing him that his visitor had arrived. Down in the library, Mills approached Gunnar Eversoll who was growing impatient. Asking where the dinosaurs were, Mills told him they were on their way. Unimpressed, Eversoll sarcastically asked if he was supposed to sell the fossilised exhibits in their place. Mills reassured that dinosaurs would be at the estate in time for the auction, and sensing Eversoll's disinterest, informed him that the money they would make from auction was just the starting point for a larger plan. Hiding behind one of the exhibits, Maisie was listening in to their conversation. Mills then took Eversoll down to the sub-basement in a private elevator and then entered the lab on the second floor. Here he explained that using the recovered DNA of the Indominus Rex combined with the research of Owen Grady, they had created a new Hybrid Dinosaur called the Indoraptor bred specifically for combat.

Becoming suspicious of Mills' motives, Maisie went to her Grandfather and told him of what she had heard, but he dismissed it out of hand as nonsense. Frustrated that he did not believe her, Maisie snuck into the basement lab to get answers for herself. Amongst the incubators and x-rays, she found archive video of Project I.B.R.I.S. in which Owen Grady was training his Velociraptors. She was then interrupted by the arrival of Eli Mills and Henry Wu, in the midsts of a heated discussion on the condition of Blue, who had been shot on the island. The pair did not notice Maisie who was able to sneak out of the lab and down to the containment level. However as she backed away into a dark corridor, she did not realise she was actually approaching the Indoraptor's cage.

Layout and Facilities

The Lockwood Estate is located in Northern California, approximately 5 miles from Orick in a red wood forest next to the Pacific Ocean.

Estate Main Gate

The estate is surrounded by a large stone wall and accessible by a massive wrought iron gate adorned with the Lockwood family crest.

Reception Hall

Past the front doors of the house is the Reception Hall, an ornately decorated two storey room containing a wooden staircase up to the second floor of the house. The walls are decorated with paintings of numerous historical figures including a portrait of John Hammond.

Estate Library

The Lockwood Estate boasts a two storey private Library with open reading spaces beneath a massive glass skylight. The ground floor level is home to a collection of prehistoric fossils as well as a series of windowed dinosaur dioramas.

Dioramas
Dracorex	Diplodocus	Concavenator	Dimetrodon	Mononykys	Velociraptor vs. Dilophosaurus

Exhibits
Agujaceratops	Sanctuary Model	Tyrannosaurus Rex	Teratophoneus	Peloroplites	Kosmoceratops	Edmontosaurus	Velociraptor

Private Rooms

Maisie's Room

Maisie Lockwood has a large room located in the highest tower of Lockwood House. It contains a fireplace, fourposter bed and numerous toys.

Lockwood's Room

Benjamin Lockwood has a private room in the tower on the right hand side of Lockwood House. It is here he keeps his model of Jurassic Park.

Eli Mills' Office

Eli Mills has a private, well furnished office at the estate where he conducts business for the Lockwood Foundation. It contains a fireplace, personal desk and a touchscreen conference table.

Laboratory and Containment Pens

The two-storey sub-basement of the house contains a large laboratory and numerous containment pens. It was here that John Hammond and Benjamin Lockwood extracted the first DNA from amber and began paving the way for De-Extinction. Years later it was renovated by Eli Mills and taken over by Henry Wu in preparation for creating the Indoraptor.

Ballroom

The estate boast a large subterranean ballroom. During the Isla Nublar Crisis the ballroom was converted for use as an auction hall for the dinosaurs recovered from Isla Nublar.

Receiving Dock

A large private dock serves the estate, complete with lighthouse and shipping cranes.

Production Notes

Pre-Production

In winter 2016, plate shots for the environment that would become the Lockwood Estate were taken at Cragside in Rothbury, UK. Whilst scouting the location, Clear Angle Studios scanned the entirety of the manor to use as a base for the CG model of the Lockwood Estate. Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery and Director of Photography Oscar Faura captured establishing shots of the area using an Alexa Mini mounted to a drone.

"We spent two days shooting the manor from every angle," recalled Vickery. "We shot hours of footage, and then set up base in a pub, and re-encode all the Alexa Mini footage into Quicktimes so we could send them down to J.A. in London. Later, he called us, and said, 'This is amazing - You've got to do more!'"

— David Vickery, Cinefex

Gregory Fangeaux conducted a location study on the individual sets for the estate, combining them together to create an initial layout and fleshing it out to form the full estate.

Concept Art, Models and Blueprints

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Production

Once filming was complete in the Library set, it was heavily modified to be reused as the ballroom/auction hall. The balcony was removed, the ceiling was filled in and the dioramas were tiled over. A concrete plinth with rails was then constructed to transport the auction animals and their cages in and out.

Filming Locations

Set No.	Int./Ext.	Name	Location	Description
218	Int.	Maisie's Bedroom	M Stage at Pinewood Studios	A small set used to represent the interior and partial exterior of Maisie Lockwood's accommodation at the Lockwood Estate.
280	Int.	Lockwood Library	R Stage at Pinewood Studios	A large set used to represent the Entrance Hall, Library and Ballroom of the Lockwood Estate.
	Int.	Lockwood Estate Long Hallway	Unknown Stage at Pinewood Studios
	Int.	Lockwood's Bedroom	F Stage at Pinewood Studios	A medium set used to represent the accommodation of Benjamin Lockwood and office of Eli Mills at the Lockwood Estate.
	Ext.	Lockwood Rooftops	Richard Attenborough Stage at Pinewood Studios	A large set used to represent the exterior rooftops of the Lockwood Estate.
	Ext.	Lockwood Estate Entrance and Driveway	MOD Finley, Hawley Common, UK	A large location used to represent the exterior entrance and driveway of the Lockwood Estate.
	Ext.	Lockwood Estate Dock	Glen Mallan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland	A large location used to represent the private docks at the Lockwood Estate.
	Ext.	Lockwood Estate	Cragside, UK.	A large location used for plate photography to represent the exterior of the Lockwood Estate.
	Ext.	Lockwood Estate Loading Bay		A medium set used to represent the garage and loading bays of the Lockwood Estate.

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Post-Production

The CG exteriors of the Lockwood Estate were composited by Spanish effects house El Ranchito. Due to the complications of shooting the Indoraptor and Blue's fight in Maisie's room, ILM had to model 150 assorted toys for the sequence as well as digitally reconstructing the floor, fireplace and bed.

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Trivia and Goofs

• The sets built and CG model of the estate do not match up correctly in a number of instance. On the physical set the library is located to the right of the entrance hall, but on the CG model is it straight behind it. The circle window above the front doors of the manor is recessed away from the doors, however on the CG model it is flush with it.
• In the scene where Maisie sneaks into Wu's lab, she clearly presses the last button on the panel for -3, however when the doors open there is still another level below her.
• The access code for the elevator is 7337#.
• A plush E.T. toy was added in Post-Production to Maisie's Room as a tribute to Steven Spielberg.

External Links

• National Trust site for Cragside