We altered the practical animatronic dolphin that was on set, replacing with the actual skin and eye of the real dolphin and grip warping the head to make it the correct size. Click on the final to watch a quicktime breakdown.

We altered the practical animatronic dolphin, replacing the skin and eye and grid warping the dolphin to make it match the actual one. In this shot we also added water creeping up on him on the beach. Clcik on the final frame on the right for a quicktime breakdown.