Why do ~2 hour movies take 2-3 years to make, while an 6+ hour TV season can be made in 1 year?
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Let’s, as many have, use GoT for an example since I assume you mean the current era of shows which are much more like movies than the more classic sitcom/procedural type of show.
The answer is: they aren’t made in a year.
You could say GoT started being made in 2005 in D&D went to G.R.R.M to discuss adapting A Song of Ice and Fire….but let’s say it starts in 2008 when HBO exercised their option to buy it.
09/09/08 – HBO buys the rights
10/24/09 – Filming on the Pilot Begins.
11/18/09 – Filming on the Pilot Wraps.
07/23/10 – Filming for Season 1 Begins.
12/16/10 – Filming for Season 1 Wraps.
04/17/11 – The Pilot episode airs.
07/25/11 – Filming for Season 2 Begins…
And so on… that’s 2.5 years from being ordered until the first season begins to air, but 6 years after the process really began.
With 2.5 years for the first season plus 1 year per season afterwards (2 for season 7) we get a total of ~10.5 years for about 70 hours of runtime.
TLDR: TV has more static scenes
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