Stranger Things Industry notes

• Season 1 had a budget of $6 million per episode, season 2 increased to $8 million
• The teens reportedly made $20,000 per episode in season 1
• Original story created by Matt and Ross Duffer
• Season 1 consists of 8 episodes
• Was filmed at the beginning of 2016 and premiered worldwide on Netflix on July 15th 2016
• Filmed in Atlanta, Georgia in a town known as Jackson
• Filming took six months and seven days to film an episode
• Used a 4k medium camera, and various lenses and colours to help in fitting the time period
• Netflix distributed the show
• 21 Laps Entertainment
• Netflix, Amazon- Which contains DVD and Blu Ray box sets
• Television, laptop, game console, smart phones, computer and tablets all of which can view Stranger Things
• The release date was simultaneous across the globe and all episodes were released all at once
• Marketing- trailer, poster
• Fandom- merchandise (mugs, clothes, posters and etc)
• Merchandise includes, Lego, Funko Pop, etc.