how much for 1 minute flash animation for tv???

[Jorge Gecov]

hello friends!
i got a job, its a flash animation for tv, how much is the value for 1 minute of flash animation?
please help me!!!
thanks a lot!
Jorge.

[HectorBustamante]

Que onda Jorge!

Well, I have little experience working on TV, just a few projects, but nothing big. Anyway, I learned for any kind of work you must apply the hour-men formula (and no, it´s not a superhero team :) jeje).

For example, you must ask yourself how much worktime you invest to produce a minute of flash animation. Let´s supose, hypotetically, you work 5 hours to make a complete sequence, starting from zero. Then you invested 5 hour-man to get that single minute.

The next step is "how much do I own per hour?" well, imagine you get paid 10 bucks per hour at some place else that is dedicated to produce animation, or illustration, or videogames. Then you get that producing one single minute is worth up to 50 dollars. And that in the case you were working all alone.

But if you weren´t, you have to apply the very same formula for colourists, drawers, musicians, or editors. If you have a total of 5 guys in your producing team, and all of them win 10 dollars per hour, and all together needs 48 hours to complete err... 15 minutes (a full chapter), then you will have to ask 480 dollars for each team member, and gives you a total of 2400 dollars plus taxes. :) Hope this can help you. I don´t know how much does an animator owns per hour at the USA, maybe you can seek for a graphic designer´s standar in your hometown.

[Qitsune]

Don't forget to consider the time you spend on paperwork, e-mailing the guy to see why he didn't send you the approval of the storyboard yet, the reworks etc.

[Samael]

Flash animators can be expected to complete 40-60 seconds of animation a week, depending on the quality and budget of the project (and if the company you're working for has their shit organized - for example, designs have been approved, the network is up and running, scenes are being approved in a timely manner, etc.).

A good rule of thumb is the 10 second day quota.

For this, I wouldn't take any less than $14 an hour starting wage, with increases depending on relative experience, quality and deadline.

Overbid and bargain down, under-promise and over-deliver!

[Jorge Gecov]

thanks for all asnwers!
see you,
Jorge.