Star wars the force awakens - Questions

1. Who owns Lucasfilm? Walt Disney
2. Who formed Lucasfilm? George Lucas
3. What year was Lucasfilm formed? 1971
4. Who is the president of Lucasfilm? Kathleen Kennedy
5. What other major films have they worked on? Indiana Jones, the pixar story, the land before time
6. How much was Lucasfilm sold for? $4.05 billion
7. Who wrote Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
8. Who directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
9. What other major films is the director responsible for? Star trek, mission impossible, super 8
10. How many Star Wars films have there been so far (list them)? 7: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002, Revenge of the Sith (2005), The Force Awakens (2015)
11. How much money have they all made at the global box office? $2.066 billion
12. When was the first Star Wars film released? December 27 1997
13. What does ILM stand for? industrial Light & Magic
14. What do ILM do? Individuals send clips to the company for CG effects
15. Who created ILM? George Lucas
16. Why did they create ILM? George Lucas wanted special effects that have never been seen before, to bring something new to the market.
17. What do casting directors do? They dictate the casting of actors for all the roles in a film, this involves working closely with the director and producer to understand their requirements.
18. Where were the first scenes for Star Wars: The Force Awakens filmed? Abu Dhabi
19. What format was Star Wars: The Force Awakens shot on? Film
20. What types of camera were used to film Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
21. What studio was used to film a large portion of the film?                                                  
22. Where is the studio? Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Iceland 
23. What major franchise is famously filmed at this studio?
24. How does said franchise link to Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
25. Who was the inspiration for the character Maz Kanata? JJ abrams old teacher at school
26. What technology was used to create Maz Kanata? CGI
27. Who played Maz Kanata & what other roles is she famous for? Lupita Nyong'o, famous for being the first Mexican and Kenyan actress
28. Who played General Snoke? Andy Serkis
29. What is he renowned for in the movie business?
30. Where was the final scene filmed? Ahch - To, lonely island
31. Who composed the film score?John Williams was the composer for not just the force awakens but for them all.
32. How many Star wars films have he composed the music for? He has composed for all the films, which at the moment is 7 films
33. What other famous films has he created the music for? John Williams has also composed music for all 7 films
34. How many times did John Boyega audition for the film (according to JJ Abrams)? 9
35. Over what period of time did these auditions occur? 7 months
36. How many people operated B-B8?  1 person controlled him manually, however other remote control models 3 people operated the different parts.
37. What type of technology was the main version of B-B8? The manual version is the main version
38. What colour suit did the B-B8 operator wear? Blue
39. Why did he have to wear such a suit? Because of the green screen, they use this suit so you can’t see the person controlling the droid
40. What type of special effects (SFX) were employed on Star Wars: The Force Awakens? CGI was used most commonly, in a more advanced, effective way. However many of the things we expect to be effects were real, such as the creatures towards the end of the film (Costumes)
41. 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 iconic moment
42. 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 and helping with the screenplay.
43. 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.
44. How many IMAX screens was the film available on?
45. What was the age rating of the film in the UK? The certificate for the film was a 12.
46. How much money did the UK government contribute to the production of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? (Express this figure as a percentage of the total cost and as a figure in pounds). £31.6 million out of the £235 million which was in total spent. This is around 7% of the total figure.
47. How much was Harrison Ford paid to reprise his role of Han Solo? $20 million
48. How much were Daisy Ridley and John Boyega paid? £300,000 each, 76 times less than harrison ford