How The Budget Of A $636,010 Web Series Breaks Down

Last year, top YouTuber Freddie Wong launched a Kickstarter campaign for Video Game High School, a proposed web series. The campaign was an instant success, raising hundreds of thousands more than the typical Kickstarter drives headed by the horde of unknown, independent producers. Of course, this chart must be taken with a grain of salt. Given the millions of views each episode of VGHS received, Rocket Jump had a lot of leeway with its production budget, which explains how they were able to spend $289 on a throwaway gag. Still, at the end of the day, the $273,725 raised by VGHS paled in comparison to its production budget, which, after nine episodes, had ballooned to $636,010.71. Rookie web series producers may look at that number and wonder how one series could possibly cost so much. Luckily for those folks (and creators in general), Wong has released an infographic on production studio Rocket Jump's blog, breaking down the cost of the VGHS series and allowing us to see where the money goes

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