Re: FLASH: Need a Flash character animator, part 2

[Catherine Kunicki]

Traditional character animators charge by the foot of film (ie, per 16 

frames rendered) not by the hour. I don't know what the current rate is

these days, but its not cheap.


A conventional 30 second cel animated commercial (45 feet of film or 720

frames) would normally have a schedule between 4 and 8 weeks, depending on

the project, its complexity and the number of people working on it.


The character animator would usually have his or her work completed in the

first two or three weeks, and be available for further work or tweaks as

needed over the course of the schedule.


The rates you quoted for a flash creator (ie, someone who can script and

optimize as well as plan your project online) at 70/150$ an hour sounds

about right.  However, animation skills are different since you don't

necessarily need any knowledge of flash at all - you might need an animator

for a few weeks and then someone skilled in flash production (ie, probably

cheaper than the animator) to translate that animator's work appropriately.


Flash production is admittedly different than film, but 30 seconds of

drawing = 30 seconds of drawing no matter how it's rendered.


I know this doesn't exactly answer your question about budgeting - I am not

a character animator but I was an animation director for a long time - but

it might help a little re: manpower and how long it takes to draw or

conceptualize something.


Catherine


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From: Tim Doherty <tkd9mediaone [dot] net>

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

>Subject: FLASH: Need a Flash character animator, part 2

>Date: Wed, Jul 12, 2000, 12:39 PM

>


> My previous post requested info about rates for a Flash character

> animator.  The responses I received range from $70-150/hour.

>

> I still don't have a handle on how this translates to schedules and budgets

> for an actual production.  I'd like to ask those knowledgeable in the field

> for some input.

>

> Take a look at Whirl Girl.  Excluding audio, how many people do you

> estimate are required to create one episode?  Over what time frame and at

> what cost?


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