CGI question?

Question

I'm not sure which category to place this in, but here goes:

Why is CGI more expensive than doing stunts? For example, why was Transformers more expensive to make than Live Free or Die Hard?

Answer 1

Every little detail and movement of a CGI character has to be planned, designed, and programmed into a computer. This takes a large crew of artists and animators. Watch the credits and see how many people are listed under design, effects, animation, etc and consider what it costs to employ them for a year or two. There's also a warehouse full of high-powered computers running expensive software to render it all.

And they still have all the expense of filming live actors and real stunts, props, sets, and effects.

Answer 2

Because more people have to be hired for it and it takes a relatively longer time.

There's alot of work into it, like modeling the robots, combining scenes, adding sound effects, which probably takes 1 to 2 years to produce.

Answer 3

Because the special computer effects require experts and specialist software, both of which are very expensive.

In the 'Buffy' tv series, every time they wanted to 'dust' {vaporise} a vampire, it cost them nearly $10,000.