They are producing two coming up films also // Annihilation (2017), Trainspotting 2 (2017)
Awards
DNA films have won the London Greek Film Festival Award for the Greek film Invisible (2015).
They have been nominated for other awards also.
Staff
DNA Films has __ full time staff members
Philosophy
DNA Films' philosophy is...
Box-office hits
Ex_Machina (2015)
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
28 Days Later (2002)
Love Actually (2003)
Flops
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Dredd (2012)
Amelia (2009)
The Parole Officer (2001)
Sunshine (2008)
Danny Boyle's relationship
Danny Boyle is a director uses DNA Films as his regular production company.
The films produced by DNA Films that Danny Boyle directed are:
- Shallow Grave (1994)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- The Beach (2000)
- 28 Days Later (2003)
- 28 Weeks Later (2007)
- Sunshine (2008)
Famous directors involved
Danny Boyle
Richard Curtis
Mark Romanek
Famous actors/actresses involved
Ewan McGregor
Robert Carlyle
Hugh Grant
Liam Neeson
Emma Thompson
Highest grossing film
Love Actually (2003) is the highest grossing film produced by DNA Films with a box-office figure of $246.9 million.
Hollywood studios worked with
DNA Films have worked with Universal Studios, a the large Hollywood studio, during the production of several of their films.
Blockbusters // Budgets
28 Weeks Later (2007) // $64.2 million
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) // $30.2 million
Most famous film
DNA Films are most famous for the production of the film Love Actually.
Film genres
DNA Films have produced films that fall into a full range of different genres, these genres include:
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Drama
- Gangster
- Crime
- Comedy
- Horror
- Thriller
- Science-Fiction
- Mystery
- Action DNA TV Limited partnership
DNA Films have entered a partnership with Fox Network Group to create a television company called DNA TV Limited.
DNA Films' website information
On the DNA Films website, you can find:
- The Owners of the company
- That DNA Films is one of the UK's most successful production companies
- Every feature film they have produced, and some information about each one
- Detailed information about DNA TV Limited and its productions
- Contact information
- Links to related websites
Interesting fact
The management and creative decision making in DNA TV Limited will reside in the UK; this retains the specialness of DNA Films being a British production company.
Lucasfilm owner
The Walt Disney Company currently own Lucasfilm as of the 30th October 2012
Lucasfilm founder
George Lucas founded Lucasfilm in 1971.
Lucasfilm president
Kathleen Kennedy, a film producer, is the current president of Lucasfilm as of October 2012.
Major films by Lucasfilm
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Raiders of the Last Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The Land Before Time (1988)
Labyrinth (1986)
Lucasfilm purchase price
The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Writers
Lawrence Kasdan
J. J. Abrams
Michael Arndt
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Director
J. J. Abrams directed the film, these are other films that he is responsible for:
-Mission: Impossible III
-Star Trek Into Darkness
-Star Trek Beyond
-Super 8
Star Wars films
So far 8 Star Wars films have been released in total, here are their titles, release dates and box office figures:
-Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) // $775.4 million -Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) // $543.1 - $548.4 million
-Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) // $572.6 million
-Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) // $1.027 billion
-Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) // $649.4 million
-Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) // $848.8 million
-Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) // $68.3 million
-Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) // $2.068 billion
The first star wars film release
The first Star Wars film, Star Wars: A New Hope, was released on the 5th of May 1977.
ILM
ILM stands for Industrial Light and Magic.
Industrial Light and Magic is a motion picture visual effects company that creates the computer generated imagery and special effects for films.
George Lucas founded Industrial Light and Magic in May 1975 as a division of his film production company, Lucasfilm.
George Lucas created Industrial Light and Magic when he began the production of the first Star Wars. He created ILM at this time to create the visual effects and CGI for Star Wars and any other films he planned to produce in the future.
Casting directors
The casting directors work with the producer and the director to assemble a cast that will be right for the film. They need to retain up-to-date knowledge of current acting talent to ensure that the cast they create is perfect for their film.
First Star Wars: The Force Awakens scenes location
The first scenes for the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens were set on Rey's desert home planet of Jakku, they were filmed in The U.A.E emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Camera and film format
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was filmed on tape; this format was used so that the film could be captured using the same method used to capture the previous Star Wars films.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was filmed using a 65mm IMAX camera to strengthen it's atmosphere using ultra-wide high definition.
Main studio used
Pinewood Studio was used to film a large portion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens; this studio was used as it has many large spaces for Star Wars' huge sets.
Pinewood Studio is located in Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom.
The James Bond film franchise is also famously filmed at Pinewood Studio.
This franchise links to Star Wars: The Force Awakens because they both use large sets to create big open settings.
Maz Kanata
J. J. Abrams received inspiration for the character Maz Kanata from his old English teacher, Rose Gilbert.
Advanced motion tracking technology was used to capture the performance of actress to create the character Maz Kanata. This method was used rather than practical effects because the actions that the character was required to do needed more personal and realistic movements; these are difficult to create while using puppets.
Lupita Nyong'o played the character Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, she is also famous for these roles:
-Patsy // 12 Years a Slave (2013)
-Raksha // The Jungle Book (2016)
-Nakku Harriet // Queen of Katwe (2016)
General Snoke
Andy Serkis played the role of General Snoke in Star Wars: The Force Awakens; his performance was also captured using advanced motion tracking technology.
Final Star Wars: The Force Awakens scenes location
The final scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was filmed on Skellig Michael, an island off the coast of the Republic of Ireland.
Score composer
John Williams composed the film score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Williams also composed the film score for every other Star Wars film in the franchise.
As well as Star Wars, John Williams also composed the scores for other famous films:
-Jurassic Park (1993)
-The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
-Jaws (1975)
-Superman
-Raiders of the Last Ark (1981)
-Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
-Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) John Boyega's auditions
John Boyega auditioned for the role of Finn in the film a total of 9 times, according to J. J. Abrams.
Theses auditions occurred over a 7 month time period.
BB-8
The puppet model for the character BB-8 was operated by two puppeteers; Dave Chapman and Brian Herring.
Three different technologies were used to create different types of models for the character BB-8; physical prop versions (puppets), radio controlled versions and some static prop versions. The type of technology used for the main version of BB-8 were the physical props; this was used because the radio controlled versions did not capture the personal and realistic movements and reactions that J.J. Abrams was trying to portray.
The puppeteers of the physical prop version of BB-8 were required to wear luminous green or blue suits while operating the model.
These luminous green or blue suits were required to be worn so that the editors could use advanced special effects software to remove the operators from the shot with more ease than if the suits were not worn.
Special effects used on the film
Advanced special effects and computer generated imagery were used in Star Wars: The Force Awakens; this short video presents these special effects in a cinematic way:
Han Solo and Chewbacca's return to the Millennium Falcon
Two hundred people were behind the monitor watching the scene where Han Solo and Chewbacca return to the Millennium Falcon during filming. This is because the scene presented such an iconic moment in the franchise. Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg was in the credits for Star Wars: The Force Awakens because he played the role of Unkar Plutt, the junk dealer that Rey dealt with numerous times on Jakku. IMAX filming
The film was shot with a 60mm IMAX camera. IMAX is a technique of widescreen cinematography that is used to produce an image approximately ten times larger than a standard 35mm film.
The film was available on a total of 392 IMAX screens across the world.
UK age rating
Star Wars: The Force Awakens received a 12 rating from the British Board of Film Classification; it received this rating because it contains threat and moderate violence. UK government contributions
The UK government contributed £31.6 million to J.J. Abrams for the production of Star Wars: The Force Awakens; this is approximately 13.4% of the film's total budget.
Actors and Actresses' payments
Harrison Ford was paid $20 million to reprise his role of Han Solo; this is said to be the highest amount paid to any of the actors and actresses in the film.
Daisy Ridley and John Boyega were paid an estimated amount of £200,000 - £300,000. They received such a low payment in comparison to Harrison Ford because they had had no experience in bigger films and TV shows previously.
Skellig Michael, an island off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland
The Lake District in the north west of England - Landscape shots for the planet Takodana
Former RAF Greenham Common military base in Berkshire
Puzzlewood in the Forest of Dean
Greenlight date
October 30th 2012 - The is the date that The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm for $4 Billion; therefore giving them the rights to make a new Star Wars film.
Screens shown on
Opening weekend - 3900 Screens
Peak figure - Over 4000 screens
Weeks at cinema - 8 Weeks
Critical reaction
Rotten Tomatoes - 92%
Metacritic - 81%
These are two very strong ratings from the critics; they tell the potential audience that the film is great, therefore increasing the amount of people that will watch the it.
Box office figures
North America - $936.7 Million
China - $124.1 Million
UK - $163.6 Million
Worldwide - $2.068 Billion
Music
Score composer - John Williams, the composer of most of the music used in the original Star Wars films.
Soundtrack - "Main Title and the Attack on the Jakku Village"
Marketing
Two teaser-length trailers were released that let 'old school' fans know that the film will be similar to the originals by consisting mainly of symbols and references.
A 2.5 minute trailer was then released on ABC during half time of a football game; this created a large amount of anticipation as it was seen by thousands of people. This trailer was then massively shared and talked about on social media all across the world.
Merchandise and toys were released 15 weeks prior to the film's release; these included t-shirts, hats, Lego models and action figures, all from popular brands. Disney paid popular YouTube stars to open the merchandise via webcam in front of millions and millions of people.
Some of the key members of the Star Wars production process attended a panel at San Diego Comic-Con, an incredibly popular comic-related convention, to share sneak-peaks and information to thousands of people. This convention was also streamed live on the internet in front of millions of people.
Official posters were released that present important characters and aspects of the film.
Teaser Trailer #1
Teaser Trailer #2
Official Trailer
China PosterUS/UK Poster
Tie-in products
At least 20 books and comics titled 'Journey to Start Wars: The Force Awakens'
Remote controlled BB-8 droid developed by Sphero
Action figures - Basic toys for children and expensive, more advanced models for collectors
Voice changer masks worn by characters in the film
Lightsaber replicas
Plushees and soft toys of characters from the film
Lego models and sets of space ships and buildings from the film
Clothing
Stationary
Phone cases
Posters and printed pictures
Video Games
Special effects / CGI
A massive amount of computer generated imagery (CGI) was used throughout the entirety of the film to create extremely realistic characters, spaceships, explosions and lasers, scenery and much more. This CGI was used to present the settings, characters and the general world of Star Wars in an immersive, lifelike and natural way.
Production process issues
Production was suspended for two weeks after Harrison Ford fractured his leg when a part of the Millennium Falcon fell on him.
Daisy Ridley was extremely ill for one of the days that the crew was filming at Skellig Michael; this caused her to struggle to act to her full ability in the dramatic ending scene of the film.
