What would you charge to remake this?
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I've been out of the 3d world for a bit, and have been working on my 2d, but recently I got a new client who is looking for something nearly identical to this. How much would you charge to make this video completely. 3d, rendering, animations, delivery. I wouldn't have to deal with the client at all really since there is an intermediary and the script for the video would be provided. (I'm guessing that includes storyboarding until they get back to me.
Here is the vid - [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAVBDMPl14[/ame]
I'm thinking of charging around $30 an hour, and I'd estimate it will take me a couple days, so somewhere around $1000 sound right?
Here is the vid - [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAVBDMPl14[/ame]
I'm thinking of charging around $30 an hour, and I'd estimate it will take me a couple days, so somewhere around $1000 sound right?
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EDIT: Okay, the video is 5 minutes long so I guess that could take awhile (im not a compositor)
2 weeks might be more accurate?
Keep in mind I meant full work week, so just five days (40 hours). So about $1000
And no prob!
15k sounds pretty steep to me, but it seems you are pretty confident of what to charge. Like I said it's been quite a while since I've done rendered work like this , so I felt I needed to take a census of what others were doing.
I think I need some more people to chime in before settling on a price. I honestly think I could do this in a week, since the planning would be taken out of it by following the other videos layout. But it would definitely be better to have 2 weeks - 1 month for the whole thing.
Really appreciate the comment TeriyakiStyle, it's given me more to think about-
I'm very glad to have your input, but I could do without the mud slinging. I simply asked what you guys would do this for. This is obviously why I didn't come to them immediately with a number.
Anyway, I'm just kinda thinking out loud there. I think your $1,000 estimate may be a little on the low side but I don't think it falls into the category of ludicrously low and ruining it for the rest of us. I knew dudes from art school taking jobs like this for around $200-$300, which was definitely screwed up.
They key for me was giving them my hourly rate and an estimate on the time/cost, with the clarification that if they had a ton of feedback / requested a lot of changes, that would affect the end time/cost.
In the end they did have a lot of feedback and change requests, and it did cost them a lot more than I originally quoted, even though I technically finished in the time/cost I quoted.
This is the important part. You think it will take a certain amount of time but cover your ass. Make sure they know if they ask for stuff that takes you an extra week, they will have to pay for that. Don't get caught in a trap of "your quote was $X i'm not paying you more.'
I won't speak to the actual time this could take as I'm not familiar with the work...but make sure you give yourself ample time. Time and a half, as it were. Especially if you aren't sure of all the processes.
It would take you an entire month, and you'd only ask for 5k????????
"You're assuming $30 per hour is a fair rate for freelance. I'm charging $70 minimum at this point. And that's low for certain bids it all depends on the job. (I usually look for $35ish for in house because a lot of your expenses are taken care of for you plus investment options and other perks)"
That's a good chunk of info right there!
I guess it's also important to consider that the person should know they are hiring a multitalented artist for this job, so OP could probably charge more per hour based on that.
I sent them over a figure based on all then info and how much time I think it's gonna take me. Thanks again dudes -
Also - the audio won't be required.
This is a typically what a Generalist does. It requires different skills and a good deal of experience to pull it off quickly.
Remember that the client WILL ask for iterations/changes and you might have to rely on a render farm to produce quick results and that costs money so charging 1000$ is like giving them the work for free (I suppose you'll be rendering in vray or the like and HD quality).
There's also heavy editing in after effects you'll have to take that into account too.
Don't work more then 10 hours a day on it though, corporate stuff fucks with your mind (it kills your soul
As for the price it depends on your country's average and your experience I guess. Where I live (europe)To produce a 5 minutes long HD video I wouldn't charge less then 8k euros (11k$)and I would hire people for the audio and editing (making it not look/sound amateurish/cheap takes quite some skill and I know I wont learn how to do that in 3 weeks).
EDIT: didn't see your answer, dont mind me then
Gl on the project
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Edit: saw the stomach stuff and all that, yeah a solid months work would be needed.