This time we will discuss the costs spent on makeup artists in Game of Thrones.
Before that let us know, what is the Game of Thrones fantasy series?
Fantasy series Game of Thrones is one of the television series that fans are waiting for. Taking the background of a middle-of-the-world world with power struggles makes it a serial full of action and blood. That said, the Game of Thrones series is one of the series with the most expensive production costs ever.
Capturing images that take place in the most exotic locations in the world, from Northern Ireland to Spain. Use of the CGI effect to visualize the whole dragon shape. Until the quality actors and actresses who make the George RR Martin series become more real.
Entering the sixth series which will soon air at the end of April, it is rumored that HBO as a Game of Thrones production house costs around US $ 10 million for one episode. In fact, one Game of Thrones series contains ten episodes. So if the cost is calculated to make a Game of Thrones series reach US $ 100 million.
Of course, this number is a fantastic number, considering that Game of Thrones is not a big screen film but as a glass screen series. However, this fantastic number also happened before. The Friends sitcom series for the last series spent US $ 10 million per episode. Each of the six artists in the Friends series is paid as much as US $ 1 million. As a comparison, the Breaking Bad series per episode spends an average of US $ 3 million.
Game of Thrones production costs have increased significantly, considering that the average production costs of the five previous series were only around US $ 6 million. The average Game of Thrones series is witnessed by more than six million pairs of eyes. In fact, Game of Thrones is the most downloaded series beating other series.
Game of Thrones series can be said to be the most expensive film claim. Because, for the making of the last season it is rumored to reach US $ 15 million or around Rp. 211 billion per episode. This makes it the most expensive television series ever made.
Quoting the Variety report, the cost of Game of Thrones season 1 which aired in 2011 was the same as the other HBO series, which was around US $ 6 million per episode. The budget swelled in the last season to US $ 15 million per episode with the production period being more like film than television series.
Here is the Schedule of the Game of Thrones (GoT) series on HBO:
- Season 8, episode 1 Debut date: Sunday, April 14 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (GMT -4) Estimated airing time 0:54
- Season 8, episode 2 Debut date: Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (GMT -4) Estimated broadcast time 0:58
- Season 8, episode 3 Debut date: Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (GMT -4) Estimated broadcast time 1:22
- Season 8, episode 4 Debut date: Sunday, May 5 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (GMT -4) Estimated broadcast time 1:18
- Season 8, episode 5 Debut date: Sunday, May 12, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (GMT -4) Estimated broadcast time 1:20
- Season 8, episode 6 Debut date: Sunday, May 19 2019 at 21:00 (GMT-4) Estimated airing time is 1:20.
JOURNALISWEEK - It's just a matter of counting the days until the last season Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 6 starts. We will wonder and imagine the ending of this series.
Surely this series will end with an ending that is not in line with the expectations of fans.
But the end of the film ends like what we don't know. And fans can finally let go of longing for characters like Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and the whole of Westeros.
