10 Unpleasant Facts About The Making Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
7. Season 1 Was Plagued By Budget Issues
Financial trouble is something many creators have to grapple with when creating a film or a television show, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer was no exception. Though the storylines are timeless, the age of the show is clearly noticeable, especially in Season 1.
In fact, the Buffy team didn’t even have a proper studio to work in. They were given a warehouse in Santa Monica and had to do their best with it:
“The show…was produced by FOX for the WB. The WB had great enthusiasm for the kind of show we wanted to make, and no money of any kind whatsoever. So we were very much on a tight budget.”
The high-school scenes were particularly problematic. Throughout Season 1, Buffy and the gang often stroll through Sunnydale High, but due to the budgetary constraints, the production team only made one corridor, so the actors had to walk through the same part of the school again and again for twelve episodes.
Thankfully, the terrific dialogue is more than enough to distract the audience from this embarrassing detail.