Why do movies cost so much to make?
In: Economics
There’s a loooooooooot of paychecks that need to be cut for the people involved, name the actors and producers.
You know those long streams of names, locations and music you have to sit through before seeing the after credit scene?
Thousands of names and titles and tons of different locations and then the teams of people for each of those locations.. Gaffers, producers, assistants, wardrobe..
Every single one of those people have to get paid, locations have costs and music has rights that need to be purchased..
Then you have the actors.. They are expensive.
Directors and engineers
The equipment isn’t cheap and neither is the CGI
All of that has to be insured…. LOTS OF INSURANCE
Lawyers have to make sure the contracts are all correct and every I is dotted and T crossed
Moving all that equipment and people from location to location.. Plus places to keep all those people
Food for all those people
Then you have the advertising and marketing (most of which is a storage cost, but some of figured into the price as well..
There is a lot of stuff to pay for..
Cast and crew – Paychecks
Sets/locations – Building costs or costs to film on location such as housing, city fees, etc
props/wardrobe/makeup – material costs
special effects – assets/resources beyond just the paycheck of the personnel doing the effects
editing – tools or updated software to accomplish the task beyond paychecks
marketing – more material costs, posters and lifesize cutouts cost money
distribution – vroom vroom gas $$
merchandising teams – Mattell wants to make an action figure? Better go make sure everything looks good and deal with all the assorted fees.
Many, many, many people. And locations, and permits, and hours of technology. And then the budget for celebrity actors…
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