Star wars – The Force Awakens production info

Cast

• Daisy Ridley – Ray• John Boyega – Finn• Harrison Ford – Han Solo• Carrie Fisher – Princess Leia• Adam driver – Kylo Ren

• Director – J.J.Abrams

Production cost

J.J.Abrams wanted to relate back to the old star wars films on how they were made by using both visual effects and CGI.In one the scenes containing the storm troopers was filmed in the underground. They used the lights of the passing trains to be used as lighting for the particular scene. This meant that they didn’t need to buy extra lights to make an effect saving money Film given 31.6 million by British government so film would boost British culture and industry

Finance In total it cost 200 million dollars to produce this film.Sets - $26 millionCostumes – $21 million Film licenses – $17 million Equipment, film and catering, etc – $25 million Directors, composers, consultants - $48 million Insurance, miscellaneous – $23 million Cast- $40 millionGained 1.8 billion in profit Made ore than 2 billion in gross world wideIn the opening week star wars made $529 million

All dessert scenes were filmed in DubaiDisney own the franchise Pre-production filming took place in Iceland Filming also took place in England, Ireland, Dubai, Iceland and Finland Daniel Craig was a storm trooper in the film

• The film was released in cinema on 17th December 2015

Advertising- distribution • Since Disney now own the rights to star wars, before the film

came out they had already started producing and selling merchandise from clothes to toys.

• In the first three weeks of December Star wars had been mentioned 700,000 outpacing other Hollywood releases in China

• There was 500 model Stromtroopers on the great wall

What does Disney own?• Pixar • Lucas Films • Marvel Entertainment • Touchstone Pictures • The Muppets • ABC• Hollywood records • ESPN• A&E – real life drama • Lifetime • History • Maker studios • Theme parks • Holiday resorts • Dreamworks • Shopping centres • Water companies

• Disney are part of the big six – GE, News-Corp, Viacom, Time warner, CBS

• Collectively they own 90% of the worlds media • The big six in 2010 earned $275.9 billion • The CEO of Disney is Bob Iger (2005-present)

Ex Machina

Production Companies

• Film4 (British company) – owned by Channel 4• DNA Films (British company)

Distributors• Universal Pictures

• 4K London (digital imaging services)• Audiolink Radio Communications (cell phone rentals)• Audiolink Radio Communications (walkie talkies)• Back Lot Music (soundtrack)• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (camera dollies) (uncredited)• Compuhire (computer playback)• Film Finances (film completion guarantor)• Fugitive Studios (end title animation)• Helicopter Film Services (aerial filming and coordination)• HireWorks (Avid Nitris DX rental)• Mediacom 24-7 (travel agent)• Molinare Studio (post-production)• Panavision (anamorphic lenses)• Pinewood Studios (digital production services)• Propshop (prop makers)• Sapex Scripts (post-production script services)• Sapex Scripts (subtitles)• Territory (graphic displays)• 14 out of 16 companies are British

Link between Film4 and Universal Pictures

• People who work at Universal have several direct links with people who work with Film4

• The location of the film was based in the north west of Norway

• The house where virtually all scenes were shot in a juvet landscape hotel

DNA Films

• It was set up in 1997• DNA films is run by Andrew Macdonald – he’s Scottish

and works with Danny Boyle • His producing partner is Allan Reich• They are partners with Fox Networks group who also

have links with National Geographic channels• Meaning that DNA films had the opportunity to gain the

best location to use for Ex-Machina • Alex Garland is know for Ex-Machina, 28 days later… and

Dredd.

Special effect companies

• Double negative: also been used when filming Justice League, wonder woman and assassins creed. They also won the best special effects award at BFFs on a budget of 15 million

• Artem – responsible for the physical effects in Ex-Machina

• Milk visual effects.

• The dating website Tinder had been used to promote the independent film Ex-Machina by A24

• People who had currently been on the website had conversations with Ava- the robot. They believed she was a real person.

• A24 films is an American independent entertainment company founded on August 20th 2012 by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges.