Budgeting Research…

Animation World Network – Chart of Accounts form 

Click to access 412-cwzdcofa.pdf

Powerhouse Animation – Animation Budget History

http://www.powerhouseanimation.com/wp-content/themes/maxima-v1-02/dist/index.php 

Stephanie Ciccarelli – Producing an Animation – jobs within animation –

This page was really helpful in allowing me to see the vast amount of jobs that go into producing an animation. Knowing how many jobs roles are usually needed within the production will help you to budget for a film and what to spend money on. It was particularly helpful for me to get an idea of what kind of job roles i would need for my low-budget, short film – Little Red Riding Hood. It highlights many of the main important job roles that I would need to fill in order to make my Little Red Riding Hood animation. ^^^^^^^^^^

Category: Staff Fees

• Producer – would be needed in the producing part of the animation (I would hire someone to do this as producing isn’t something I have experience in).
• Director – I would be the director of my LRRH animation as I know how I want the overall animation to look
• Other Roles – I might hire an assistant director in order to help me make decisions for the animation

Category: Storyboard

• Supervisor
• Artist – I would also be interested in being the storyboard artist for my LRRH animation, as again, I know how I would like my animation to look – being a storyboard artist is also something I am very interested in – this would defiantly be needed for my LRRH animation.
• Supplies & Materials
• Other Storyboard

Category: Audio

• Song Fees/Rights/Copyright
• Coaching
• Production – I would need to hire someone to produce the background music for my LRRH animation as I wouldn’t be able to do this.
• Musicians – I would need to hire some sort of musicians in order to create the sound track for my animation.
• I would need a foley artist/artists to create the foley track – I would like to get involved with this process as I am also interested in this – however, might not have time to do this if I am director too
• I will also need voice actors as in Little Red Riding Hood, there will be dialogue between the two main characters
• Instruments
• Rentals – If the musicians didn’t have their own instruments, its possible that I would have to rent a studio/instruments in order to create the sound track.
• Session Fees –
• Travel and Accommodation

Category: Animation Direction

• Editor – I will need an editor as this isn’t something I have much experience in, I would like to hire someone who can make the film look as professional as possible – also someone who could edit the whole thing as LRRH will only be a short.
• Assistant Editor
• Dialogue Editor
• Editing Equipement
• Supplies and Materials – will need to hire SET DESIGN AND CHARACTER/ MODEL DESIGN ARTISTS – i will need to pay for material needed in order to create the set and the models as LRRH will be a stop motion short animation
• I WILL ALSO NEED ANIMATORS – this is something I am interested in – I would need a small team of animators to animate the set, eg, trees moving from the wind, doors opening etc. Also someone/a small group of animators to animate the characters, eg, characters movements, movement of clothes etc.
• Overtime
• Travel & Accommodation
• Other Fees:

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some more important information that i gained from the mentioned above page – these are things i will also need to take into consideration when planning and creating my Little Red Riding Hood animation –

Discover Who Your Audience is for Your Animation – For my Little Red Riding Hood animation, my target audience would be around 12plus, as it would be classed as a scary film – having it targeted to this audience means they won’t become too scared by it and are the more likely age group to want to see it/ and be able to see it.

Select a Subject for Your Animation – selecting a subject is important – I opted for using an old fairytale story which many people would know and be familiar with. Little Red Riding Hood.

Create an Animation Budget – I would have to figure out how much I could realistically spend on this animation – depending on how much money there was, would determine what roles I would keep and which roles I would have to get rid of, during the preproduction/animation process.

Account for the Amount of Time to Produce an Animation – I would need to create a schedule for the production of my animation. For example, giving a specific time period on all of the specific roles such as set and character design and production, the storyboard production, animating process etc. Having a clear schedule would make it clear to everyone how long they have on their section and when they would need it completed by – this allowing me to stick the finishing deadline.

Audience – 12plus

Message – the animation needs a clear message – for LRRH the message is you shouldn’t talk to strangers and to always make sure you’re safe when walking alone – having my animation made into a short will hopefully ensure that this message is given clearly and wouldn’t be too long so that the audience wouldn’t lose interest

Storyboard – would need a clear storyboard which indicates camera angles and character movements – also to indicate light and dark scenes – this making it clear to the animator on how they should be animating a scene

Resources and approvals – would need to ensure that all resources are accounted for in order to make the animating/ creation process go as smooth as possible.

Schedule – this is vital when planning an animation – I would probably be in charge of creating these schedules as this would be my responsibility.

Studio Pigeon – How much does it cost to Produce Animation and why? 

https://www.studiopigeon.com/en-gb/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-produce-animation-and-why/

This source didn’t have much information, but there was a small bit of information which may come in handy in the future. Because I am wanting to produce a 3D stop motion short animation, it was interesting to learn that, 3D animation production costs alot more than producing a 2D animation. From this article, the cheapest it could be is 10,000USD – per minute with no characters. This obviously wouldn’t work for my animation as there are characters in Little Red Riding Hood, and the animation couldn’t work without them. Some animations can cost up to 200,000USD – these are for more complex projects with multiple characters and advanced features. Even though this would be good for the making of LRRH, this would be a difficult amount of money to come up with on my own, so, I would probably need investments from an animation company.

Full Rotation Animation Studio – price guide

 http://fullrotation.com/how-much-does-animation-cost/

This source wasn’t very helpful to me when trying to research the budgeting for a stop motion film. It reiterated that 3D animation is much more expensive than 2D, but didn’t specify a price for the kind of animation I would be created.