Animations prices

[gfa2]

I've read several places about the "going rate" for animations being around $10,000 per minute. This is just a general rule of thumb thing, but has anyone else heard that or something contrary?

[STRAT]

thats an amazing price

 

i charge for my modelling time. an animation on top i treat like extra stills.

 

if the client just wants an animation out of me then i may charge him 3 or 4 thousand english pounds, for example. this is because it may take me 2-3 weeks to model, light and texture, then finaly render an animation.

 

if a client just wants stills, then i might charge the same price because my time is just the same. if the client then wants a minutes worth of animation on top, then i might charge him an extra grand for it.

 

all these times and figures i stated are just to illustrate a point. if i charge a client 10K for an animation that mean a good few weeks of my time are taken up doing the donkey work.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

i agree in not breaking up into time, but according to how long the space will take you. this way you break it into level of detail, and complexity.

 

if i have an animation that is the outside, a lobby, and 2 rooms, then the proposal would be for how long it takes me to model, texture, and render each of these areas. then i use a multiplier that increases that cost by a certain percentage. the multiplier covers camera animation, composting, out put file, and the such.

 

you can easily get to $10,000, but the detail and quality need to be there. ..don't forget, a good animation will take several weeks to do by yourself. on the other hand, if the client wants a mass model, and just a fly around, it really isn't going to take you long, and it really isn't worth that much money.

[lambros]

I do animations that go down from 500 euros to 2000. I charged a client 700 euros for an 1 minute exterior animation of an already modeled, textured and lighted house. He wanted several effects, including a realistic animated fireplace fire, and the effect of the sun going down, getting dark, lighting the house etc.

I had to charge 2000 euros for a complete interior 3 minute animation of two office floors.