How much money would it take to get your own feature made? If you count out having to pay execs, and all the extra people involved in making features at the big studios? If it was just you and a decent sized crew?
That's kind of like asking, "How much would a house cost?"
It depends on many things.
The cheapest animated features I've heard of cost between 5 and 10 million.
The reason you can't simply "count out having to pay execs" is that they're usually the ones who have that kind of money.
You are asking an excellent question but I doubt that anyone will be able to give you an answer, with out more information. How long is the feature, is the feature hand drawn cels or Flash and there a more questions that need answers before you will get the figure you are looking for. Ball park guessing can go from a few thousand dollars to millions of dollars, even with the small crew you are talking about.
Seriously, are the people working on this going to be paid as they are working on it? Is there a location where everyone can work or will they be working out of their own homes. The list is not endless but there is a list. There are books that can help you get a handle on getting an idea as to what your feature could cost.
If there are no cost in production like the crew, software, and machines, your only real cost will be the final media. If the feature goes to DVD then your only expense will be the DVD's, advertising, storage, shipping...and so on.
Good Luck, your dream is our dream too.
It depends.
How are you planning on releasing it? Theaters? DVD? Internet?
How are you planning on making it? Hand drawn animation? CGI? Stop Motion? Flash? Paper cut-outs?
If you can get some volenteers, like a group of friends and release the final product to YouTube or Google Video (Google recommended since you have unlimited file size), which is what I've done, you can make it for almost nothing and it won't matter what type of animation you do.
I've made 2 pretty long web films that I created in a program called Anime Studio (formally known as Moho): one that is 24 minutes and one that is a little over 30 minutes (a 3rd in production) for no money at all (I distributed them over the net via YouTube and Google Video) and could probably make a feature if I could get a good enough story.
Keep in mind this requires MAJOR DEDICATION. Many people give up half way through the animation process. Don't start animating a project if you are unsure you can finish it!
Just my $0.02.
Good luck!
James :cool:
i worked out the costing for a Flash feature and we came at around $1million for a 75min feature. but thats pre and production costs.
not post and no distribution and additional costs and all of this would be done by me so the figures were as cost effective as i could make them.
thank you all for the replies, I geuss I'll plan out a good stratagy and go for the kill, I just need to be patient and take the right steps cause I believe anything is possible if you try hard enough.
That's kind of like asking, "How much would a house cost?"
It depends on many things.
The cheapest animated features I've heard of cost between 5 and 10 million.
The reason you can't simply "count out having to pay execs" is that they're usually the ones who have that kind of money.
You are asking an excellent question but I doubt that anyone will be able to give you an answer, with out more information. How long is the feature, is the feature hand drawn cels or Flash and there a more questions that need answers before you will get the figure you are looking for. Ball park guessing can go from a few thousand dollars to millions of dollars, even with the small crew you are talking about.
Seriously, are the people working on this going to be paid as they are working on it? Is there a location where everyone can work or will they be working out of their own homes. The list is not endless but there is a list. There are books that can help you get a handle on getting an idea as to what your feature could cost.
If there are no cost in production like the crew, software, and machines, your only real cost will be the final media. If the feature goes to DVD then your only expense will be the DVD's, advertising, storage, shipping...and so on.
Good Luck, your dream is our dream too.
It depends.
How are you planning on releasing it? Theaters? DVD? Internet?
How are you planning on making it? Hand drawn animation? CGI? Stop Motion? Flash? Paper cut-outs?
If you can get some volenteers, like a group of friends and release the final product to YouTube or Google Video (Google recommended since you have unlimited file size), which is what I've done, you can make it for almost nothing and it won't matter what type of animation you do.
I've made 2 pretty long web films that I created in a program called Anime Studio (formally known as Moho): one that is 24 minutes and one that is a little over 30 minutes (a 3rd in production) for no money at all (I distributed them over the net via YouTube and Google Video) and could probably make a feature if I could get a good enough story.
Keep in mind this requires MAJOR DEDICATION. Many people give up half way through the animation process. Don't start animating a project if you are unsure you can finish it!
Just my $0.02.
Good luck!
James :cool:
i worked out the costing for a Flash feature and we came at around $1million for a 75min feature. but thats pre and production costs.
not post and no distribution and additional costs and all of this would be done by me so the figures were as cost effective as i could make them.
thank you all for the replies, I geuss I'll plan out a good stratagy and go for the kill, I just need to be patient and take the right steps cause I believe anything is possible if you try hard enough.