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P2-G Production process of Star Wars:

Although George Lucas discussed making a sequel to the orginal Star Wars films, he had no intent to produce it.

Lucas sold the  Star Wars franchise. He sold it to The Walt Disney Company. Episode VII’S first screenplay was written by Michael Arndt. Many directors for the film were considered, however JJ Abrams was named director in January 2013.

uJJ Abrams and Lawerence Kasdan wrote the Star Wars- Force Awakens script. The first draft of this script was wrote within six weeks of Abrams and Kasdan taking over script duties from Michael Arndt after he resigned as he did not have enough time to write it. In January 2014, the script was completed.

Pre-production-

It was confirmed that The Force Awakens was going to be filmed in the UK in May 2013. Representatives from LucasFilm met with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to agree to produce the film in the UK. George Osborne gave £25 million to the film as he claimed it will boast Britain's culture and style.

uIn September 2013, Star Wars- The Force Awakens started to move into where the Bad Robot was being filmed.

uThe film’s costume designer was Michael Kaplan, who had worked on Star Trek films. Film editors were Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey and in August 2013, it was announced the cinematographer Daniel Mindel would be shooting the film.

Casting:

In August 2013, JJ Abrams met with potential actors for script readings and screen tests. Auditions were held in November 2013 in the USA and the UK. There was problems with the script, which meant filming was delayed until January 2014.
Actor's agents and publicists had strict agreements not to comment on the actor's involvement within the film.

Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamil were announced to return for the film in 2014.
In March 2014, it was announced that JJ Abram's was looking for other actors unknownto play lead roles.

Filming:  Abrams said that filming for The Force Awakens would start in May 2014. LucasFilm and Disney said that principal photography would star in May 2014 and be based at Pinewood Studios in England. In March, pre-production started in Iceland to gather landscape shots for scenery for the film. The chairman for Walt Disney Studios confirmed that filming had begun in April. Production was suspended for two weeks after Harrison Ford fractured his leg while on set. The film’s story board artist was Simon Duric.

Post-production:

To make Star Wars: The Force Awakens look similar to the original films, Cinematographer Daniel Mindel stated that the film would use real locations  over computer-generated images.

In August 2015, the estimated  running time of the film was to be 124-125 minutes. Abrams made changes to the film’s plot in the editing process to simplify the film, by removing some sequences shown in the trailer.

The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

Music:

In July 2013, John Williams was confirmed to be composing the music. The music for the first two trailers of the film were reworked from earlier Williams music tracks.

Recording sessions for The Force Awakens began in June 2015 at the Sony Picture Studios.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Abrams contributed music to the film’s cantina scene, which was made over a period of months.

South Korean boy band ‘EXO’ released their song ‘Lightsaber’ in collaboration with the film for its release in their home country on 11th November.

My source for this is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens

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P2-F- Meaning-

The new Star Wars-The Force Awakens, is much more than one of the biggest blockbusters of all time its real meaning is that it is the first chapter in a brand new trilogy. The films meaning was to catch us up on 30 years of what has happened.

Kylo Ren is Darth Vader’s grandson which is an obvious reason on how JJ Abrams is bringing back the old characters in a type of way that will remind fans of them. It isn’t a coindence that they are similar and JJ Abrams says that Kylo Ren is desperate to live up to his grandfather’s legacy.  In addition, their costumes and the fact they both use red lightsabers and their dark ora link these two characters’ similarities together.

The costumes used within Star Wars; The Force Awakens have lots of hidden meanings while also relating back to the original trilogy. The new character in the film Rey a female character's costumes throughout the film were given 'femininity' JJ Abrams said but also being able to sustain the settings within the film such as the desert. He also quoted "We eventually gave her a wrap, which could protect her face against dust storms. Everything is there for a reason, but it gives her a very beautiful image when all the pieces are put together. Rey wears the costume throughout the film". ( http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/04/05/star-wars-the-force-awakens-costumes-comparison-from-concept-art-to-movie). The hidden meaning was that they wanted Rey to look mysterious while looking beautiful.
Finn, as a stormtrooper wore a leather jacket when not wearing his stormtrooper outfit, this was to give him character and depth. In the original trilogy they would wear the original white stormtrooper outfits, but JJ Abrams did not want this similarity to be shared in the Force Awakens.
While commenting on the creation and meaning of the First order and resistance, Abrams said one is made of 'earth tones' representing warmth but the First Order is extremely hard-edged with steel colors such as grey, teal and black. These two places represent contrast.
The use of props such as the famous lightsabers from the original films have evolved into Kylo Ren's fire breathing crossguard weapon, which gives it a more dramatic meaning. Stormtrooper helmets, firearms and lightsabers are used within Force Awakens and also in the original films.  

To create a dramatic element among the music, John Williams, who was in charge of composing the films music had a 90 piece orchestra create 175 minutes of music. John Williams said he would ensure themes from the previous films would be in the Force Awakens, such as ones for Luke Leia and Han.