Tiny budget

Mad Max’ famously takes place in a dystopian future where society has all-but crumbled due to ecocide and oil shortages, but that wasn’t always part of the plan.

According to director George Miller, he did not intend for the movie to be set in a post-apocalyptic world when he first started writing the script, though eventually decided on the setting after he was given the tiny budget of $350,000 to shoot the entire film.