#Animation Cost
Craig,
>>I'm looking at needing about 3 to 3.5 minutes of finished product.<<
This is certainly a long animation when it comes to forensics. Is this a total
time of the different views or just one of the views that you need?
>> … and modeling of two aircraft,<<
If you could tell us what kind of aircraft is involved, then we could tell if
it will need to be modeled or can we purchase one that has already been built.
There are a few companies that specialize in model creation that might have
what you are looking for. If they do, then your costs will drop significantly.
If you need the cockpit view, then probably no one will have that, it would
have to be built. There is another approach you could use for the cockpit view
that would be cheaper than building a 3D model, but it would have some
limitations that might not be acceptable to you.
>>live video footage of the background<<
Is there going to be anything from the background such as a cloud that will
pass between the camera view and one of the aircraft? This would definitely
complicate things.
>>Are project bids the norm, or is it based on seconds of finished animation as
I've read elsewhere?<<
I find that things change so much after everyone involved gets a chance to see
the first draft, that it would be almost impossible to bid such a project.
That's why I charge by the hour.
>>Any figures or comments would be appreciated, as I need to get a handle on
this, in terms of at least a ball park estimate so I can purchase wisely!<<
I'm not sure that my numbers will even be in the ball park without more
details, but I would not be surprised to see this project go ___over___
$15,000-20,000.
I maintain a list of forensic animators in the "Index & Info" library thats
called "Forlst.txt". It contains such info as, areas worked in, additional
qualifications and contact info, you might want to download it and take a look
at it.
Feel free to ask more questions…..good luck.
Regards…………Rick – Technical Animations