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Budgetary constraints

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Russell Nohelty
Jan 15, 2024
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Steven Universe and Game of Thrones are two amazing shows with very different budgets. Game of Thrones costs exponentially more than Steven Universe.

Steven Universe is 11 minutes and animated. Game of Thrones is 50 minutes and live action.

Steven Universe is created in a studio, while Game of Thrones has dozens of locations all over the world.

However, they are both amazing shows. It's just that one takes vastly more resources than the other.

So often, creators try to make Game of Thrones on a Steven Universe budget.

If you gave the creators of Game of Thrones the budget of Steven Universe, the show would suck, because there would not be enough money to do everything that needs to be done in order to make Game of Thrones into the epic show it became.

That doesn't mean Steven Universe sucks though. Making Steven Universe with the budget of Steven Universe is perfection.

You need to think differently about your budgetary constraints. If you only have a little…

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