What on earth about that show cost so much money? Most of the footage was in small rooms with people talking across a table, or in tiny hotel rooms, or inside cars.
Because other studios have decades of props and flexible filming locations that are cheap to remodel for the next show. Netflix doesn’t have those capabilities and the production companies have to pay for it.
These are things literally every single TV show pays for.
The article explicitly calls out Mindhunter as, apparently, being extremely expensive.
But the show didn’t make use of any major special effects, CGI, animation, weapons, action, etc etc, the sorts of stuff you associate with expensive production.
A couple people sitting in a room stationary talking to each other is the cheapest type of production out there. The fewer people involved, the better. The show had very low amount of scenes requiring substantial extras as well.
Typically low action investigative cop shows are some of the cheapest production out there, due to how much screen time is spent with like 2-3 people in small enclosed rooms just… sitting there talking. Not exactly budget breaking production costs there.
Wait, budgets?
What on earth about that show cost so much money? Most of the footage was in small rooms with people talking across a table, or in tiny hotel rooms, or inside cars.
What were they blowing all their money on?
Paying actors, production staff, hiring the locations, setting up locations.
But other live action shows must have those costs too. Why is this show so much more expensive?
Because other studios have decades of props and flexible filming locations that are cheap to remodel for the next show. Netflix doesn’t have those capabilities and the production companies have to pay for it.
These are things literally every single TV show pays for.
The article explicitly calls out Mindhunter as, apparently, being extremely expensive.
But the show didn’t make use of any major special effects, CGI, animation, weapons, action, etc etc, the sorts of stuff you associate with expensive production.
A couple people sitting in a room stationary talking to each other is the cheapest type of production out there. The fewer people involved, the better. The show had very low amount of scenes requiring substantial extras as well.
Typically low action investigative cop shows are some of the cheapest production out there, due to how much screen time is spent with like 2-3 people in small enclosed rooms just… sitting there talking. Not exactly budget breaking production costs there.
locations in pittsburgh (where TD was shot) are an order of magnitude cheaper than LA and still significantly less expensive than Georgia.