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.
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.
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.
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.
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…