06-24-2013, 10:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-24-2013, 10:55 AM by HellJacket.)
(06-22-2013, 11:15 PM)pale boy Wrote: I wonder if this might give them more time to film as well. (I know that some shows film only a couple weeks "ahead" of air dates, but I'm not sure if that's a widespread thing.)
Film time is likely a function of a show's budget, and not the premiere date/finale date for a show. This is simply because film time (i.e. having cameras and production crew in the field) costs more money for each additional day. A show with a large budget (e.g., Game of Thrones or OUAT) likely has more film time, especially since the show likely has more characters with more divergent plots, while a lower budget show with fewer characters likely has less film time (since it's not really needed anyway). Having the premiere date in October, rather than August for example, may mean that the actors probably have a longer time off between shooting season 2 and season 3. This may make for happier actors, which may be a good thing. I'm not sure how the time off would work for a show that premieres in October rather than September, but I imagine there's little difference in actual scheduling.
Personally, I don't understand why people complain about breaks throughout the season and especially don't understand people who prefer a longer break between seasons to small breaks. Come October, I will probably have all of season 2 memorized. However, during the season, if there's an offweek, I can just watch a rerun from any of the previous episodes that season, and the episode will still be pretty fresh.
Therefore, long break between seasons <<<<<<<<< small breaks within season.