Hello All,
I’m putting together a plan/budget for a project that I’m about to start and I have a lot of questions. Hoping the community might be able to help me.
I’m certain these questions have been asked before, so I apologize for the duplication. I’m hoping if we get some solid answers, maybe we can make a pin somewhere, on the forum.
Before I ask my questions, let me establish some base lines. My project is an animation. For the purpose simplification lets confine the questions to:
A 1 minute scene, with 3 characters. All three characters are talking and moving, there are, multiple camera angles, camera effects and special effects. It takes place in a well furnished room.
- When I refer to stylized, I mean something like Star Wars: the Clone Wars
- When I refer to medium, I mean something like Overwatch
- When I refer to somewhat realistic-ish, I mean something like Star Wars: the Old Republic
Questions:
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On average, how many people would it take to make this scene?
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What are the different duties/roles for an animation project?
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How long would it take 1 person to complete this scene, assume they were somewhat proficient in each role?
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Stylized:
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Medium:
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Realistic-ish:
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What are the average wages for each role?
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What tools would be needed and/or recommended to do an animated project? Any preferred brand or vendor name would be appreciated, as well.
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What are the cost of needed tools or services?
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What is the best way to collaborate within a team (ie…have meetings, share assets, manage assets, etc…)? What cost is associated with this and which solutions are the most secure.
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What are the most common pitfall or obstacles? Any recommendations to reduce or overcome them would be appreciated as well.
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Where are the best resources, for:
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Animation Projects?
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Hiring members or recruiting volunteers?
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Training on any piece?
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What do I need to know, that I did not ask.
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I would like to ask about render times, but with my limited experience, I understand that there are to many variables to give average render times, but if I’m wrong, please feel free to give me average render times.
Everyone, I appreciate any help. Once I get answers, to the majority of the questions, I will put together a document and see if I can get a moderator to pin it.
Also, my questions are geared towards animation (my project) but I assume that something similar is needed for Game Development, so if you have answers for that, add them here and I’ll try to build something for the Game Development community as well.
Please, respond by giving the number you are replying to.