Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Directed by J.J. Abrams · Cinematography by Dan Mindel

PG-13138 min69 frames

AdventureActionScience Fiction

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What is Star Wars: The Force Awakens about?

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. The sequel to Return of the Jedi (1983), it is the first installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and chronologically the seventh film of the "Skywalker Saga". Set thirty years after Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens follows Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and Han Solo's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight in the Resistance, led by General Leia Organa and veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire. The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow.

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What does the cinematography of Star Wars: The Force Awakens look like?

Across 69 sampled frames, Star Wars: The Force Awakens builds its coverage from wide compositions (35% of the sample), with medium shots (32%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Dan Mindel keeps 57% of it in soft, low-key light. 46% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) are #0d0c0e, #2f3030, #0a152b, #50514d, #d0cfcd, #300708 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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