Animation costs

[Spikeadeliv]

Hi everyone
I need some help, I have to organise just short of 5 mins of finished animation to be done in a week, a fully textured model and landscape will be available if it goes ahead.
What I need to know is how much this should cost (I am getting some vastly different prices) as I will need to report back to the client with a price and being like most clients doesn't want to pay much but doesn't have a clue what it will cost or involves.
What is needed is the obligatory aerial flyround and 4 'journeys' going through the building.

laters

spike

[glorybound]

$1,000.00 per minute - just a guess.

[werticus]

that's on the low side. super cheap out of china render places are charging 50 usd per second.

[Spikeadeliv]

that's on the low side. super cheap out of china render places are charging 50 usd per second.

I have only asked for quotes in the UK (where I am based) and they range from £2-3000 per minute up to £10k per minute, these prices include all the post production and music soundtrack.

laters

spike

[mike_kennedy]

For just 3d $100 per second is typical with Post, Editing and music being on top of that.

[crazy homeless guy]

Hi end out of China goes for $19-$20,000/minute at 1080p.

[add101]

What is the project? Are you getting the models and textures?
I find interiors are generally a lot more work (and take a lot longer to render) than exterior animations.

[flino2004]

I would say $12,000 a minute if you have animated objects (car, people, doors, Lights, etc) and around $6,000 per minute if your camera is the only thing that is moving there.....this is with an acceptable time frame, with only a week it should be a lot more because you would have to use a render farm services toi meet the deadline
good luck, you will have a very stressful week.

Fernando

[stevesideas]

I'd be very interested to know what the outcome cost was...I am very surprised these types of costs are what people charge...are these company costs or freelance costs ? I may need to revise my costs if this is freelance....I would charge well under any of those costs...

[mike_kennedy]

This would be for a studio or freelancer that had to do a lot of rendering and need a staff of 5-10 and a render farm.