Star Wars: The Force Awakens- Task 3

Merchandise

The 4 photos below show Merchandise available on different websites and shop available for fans of the famous franchise. According to Bloomberg, if a movie hits one billion dollars in sales, it’s a safe estimate that toy sales will average $250 to $300 million. Demonstrating the massive sales revenue and profitability that can be made on top of the film release if successful. The Star Wars franchise, has gathered $12 billion in toy sales. Since the series has been around for decades, dating back to the release of the first movie in 1977. It is inevitable with the long anticipated wait for 'The Force Awakens', that loyal fans and the excitement over the new release that more merchandise will be sold.

Star Wars Saga:

Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

Reviews:

8.4/10·IMDb

92%·Rotten Tomatoes

81%·Metacritic

Synopsis:

Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, the galaxy faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the First Order. When a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, he meets Rey (Daisy Ridley), a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map. Together, the young duo joins forces with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) to make sure the Resistance receives the intelligence concerning the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last of the Jedi Knights.

Facts:

Release date: December 17, 2015 (United Kingdom)

Director: J.J. Abrams

Running time: 2h 16m

Film series: Star Wars

Production Companies: Lucas Films Ltd. Bad Robot Productions.

Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios

Budget: $200 million.

Box office $2.012 billion

Cast:

“The Force Awakens” reunites original “Star Wars” cast members Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca). This attracts star wars lovers as they want to see the original actors back on the Star Wars scene.

TV Drama Analysis (Lesson)

Today we learned acronyms to learn the 4 areas of analysing TV Drama's: Sound, Editing, Mise en Scene and Camera work.

Camera Work (FAMS):

- Frame
- Angle
- Movement
- Shot


Sound (MCDOVED):

- Music
- Contrapuntal
- Diagetic/ Non-diagetic
- Off screen/on
- Voiceover
- Emotion
- Dialogue


Mise en Scene (CLAMPS):

- Costume
- Lighting
- Actors
- Make up
- Props
- Setting


Editing (STOPS):

- Screen Time
- Transitions
- Order of Narrative
- Pace
- SFX

Audience and Exhibition- Task 2

Top grossing films of 2015: 

1. Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens. Released 12/18/2015. Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy J. J. Abrams Bryan Burk.  Distributor: Walt Disney. 

2. Jurassic World. Released: 6/12/2015. Produced by: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley. Distributor: Universal. 

3. The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Released: 5/1/2015. Produced by: Kevin Feige. Distributor: Walt Disney. 

4. Inside Out. Released: 6/19/2015. Produced by Jonas Rivera. Distributor: Walt Disney. 

5. Furious 7. Released. 4/3/2015. Produced by: Vin Diesel, Neal H. Moritz and Michael Fottrell. Distributor: Universal. 

The distributors of the top 5 grossing films of 2015 are apart of the 'big six'. This means that people that have already watched films distributed by them, and have enjoyed them, are likely to see another one of their distributions. 

Star Wars, Jurassic World, The Avengers and Furious 7 are all apart of a sequel. From this as an audience we can suggest that sequel's are the most popular films to watch, as people want to watch what happens next or before, Inside out, however, is not apart of a sequel. Distributors Walt Disney are known for their magical animated 'family films' and this exactly another example of one. The film was distributed by Disney close to the holiday term meaning more people are likely to go see it as they have more time to. 

Star Wars- Gross: $742,208,942. Tickets sold: 88,043,765

Jurassic World- Gross: $652,198,010. Tickets sold: 77,366,311

Survey- Task 1