48 Questions on Star Wars - The Force Awakens
- Who owns LucasFilm? Walt Disney
- Who formed LucasFilm? George Lucas
- What year was LucasFilm formed? 1971
- Who is the president of LucasFilm? Kathleen Kennedy
- What other major film have they worked on? Indiana Jones, the pixar story, the land before time
- How much was LucasFilm sold for? $4.05 billion
- Who directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
- Who wrote Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
- What other major films is the director responsible for? Star trek, mission impossible, super 8
- How many Star Wars films have been made so far? 1977 - A new hope, 1980 - The Empire strikes back, 1983 - Return of the Jedi, 1984 - Ewoks Caravan of Courage, 1985 - woks The Battle for Endor, 1999 - The Phantom Menace, 2002 - Attack of the Clones, 2005 - Revenge of the Sith, 2015 - The Force Awakens
- How much money have they all made at the global box office? $2.066 billion
- When was the first Star Wars film released? December 27th 1997
- What does ILM do? People send movies scenes to the company for CG effects
- Who created ILM? George Lucas
- What does ILM stand for? Industrial Light and Magic
- Why did they create ILM? George Lucas wanted special effects that know has ever seen in films before but the 20th century fox special effects department wasn't operating so Lucas and a small team set up ILM.
- What do casting directors do? These organise and facilitate the casting of actors for all the roles in a film. This involves working closely with the director and producer to understand their requirements, and suggesting ideal artists for each role, as well as arranging and conducting interviews and auditions
- Where were the first scenes Star Wars: The Force Awakens filmed? Abu Dhabi
- What format was Star Wars: The Force Awakens shot on? Film
- What types of camera were used to film Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
- What studio was used to film a large portion of the film?
- Where is the studio? Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Iceland
- What major franchise is famously filmed at this studio?
- What does said franchise link to Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
- Who was the inspiration for the character Maz Kanata? JJ Abrams
- What technology was used to create Maz Kanata? CGI
- Who played General Stoke? Andy Serkis
- What is he renowned for in the movie business?
- Where is the final scene filmed? Ahch - To, lonely island
- Who composed the film score? John Williams was the composer for not just the force awakens but for them all
- How many Star Wars films has he composed the music for? He has composed for all the films, which at the moment is 7 films
- What other films has he created the music for? John Williams has also composed music for all 7 films
- How many times did John Boyega audition for the film (according to JJ Abrams)? John Boyega auditioned for the film 9 times
- Over what period of time did these auditions occur? The auditions process lasted 7 months long
- How many people operated B-B8? The manual version is the main version
- What colour suit did the B-B8 operator wear? Blue
- Why did he have to wear such a suit? As it is like a green screen, they use this suit so yo can't see the person controlling the droid
- What type of special effects (SFX) were employed on Star Wars: The Force Awakens? CGI was used a bit but most of it was real props or sets because JJ Abrams wanted to keep the effects like the original films.
- How many people were behind the monitor watching the scene when Han and Chewie returned to the Millenium Falcon? 100-200 people were watching because it was such a monumental moment.
- Why was Simon Pegg thanked in the credits for Star Wars: The Force Awakens?Simon Pegg helped the film in general by being part of the cast, helping with the screenplay and for some of the resons below: “[Pegg] was a sounding board. He would drop by the set because he wanted to, and when he could, he would help… We could talk about things, and he was a perfect combination of incredibly smart screenwriter, fan of the series, critical fan of the series, and friend of mine – but not just blindly supportive. He was an honest, critical friend. And he wasn’t so close to it that he became immune to things. He would come in with fresh eyes and very smart ideas. He’s one of a handful of people along the way that has been really priceless.”
- JJ Abrams shot part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in IMAX. What is IMAX? IMAX a technique of widescreen cinematography which produces an image approximately ten times larger than that from standard 35 mm film. JJ Abrams most likely used this because it is a most prestige way of filming a film and he thought star wars was the right film to do it on as star wars is so popular in western and now global culture.
- How many IMAX screens was the film available on?
- What was the age rating of the film in the UK? The certificate for the film was a 12
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