The Making of an Animated Short

[Rampart]

Hi, first-timer here. For the last few years I've written and drawn a webcomic. After some thought, I want to know what would be involved in making a 4-8 minute animated short? What type of people would I need and what types of costs would I expect to pay for each?

Right off the bat, I want to stick to 2D animation so I imagine that I'd need a storyboard artist, along with a background artist and several people to do animation. (or will one animator suffice for such a short film?). Voice actors are a must and background music falls under the "would be nice to have depending on the cost" heading.

I know very little about the animation field (and nothing about the computer technology for animation, currently being used), but I'm looking for a small studio that can give me some price estimates so that I can throw a budget together.

Thanks in advance!

[Daniel Poeira]

Hi, welcome aboard!

If you're more willing to hire a studio to do some work, I think it would be nice if you also posted some material about the movie, like the storyline, some ideas for designs, etc, so it's easier to make an estimate budget.

[Rampart]

I guess that would be a good idea.

The comic is called "Animal Force". It's about a group of freedom fighter animals fighting the bad guys. It's an action/aventure/comedy comic geared towards 7-13 year olds. It's sort of like G.I. Joe meets Loony Tunes. I haven't put any story in stone yet until I get some idea about the costs.

Here's a few sequential pages from the last book:

http://home.comcast.net/~rampart66/nine.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~rampart66/page7.jpg

Depending on the type of pricing, I'm open to going with a 30 second "intro" type movie with no voices and just music.

Hope that helps.

[victorthroe]

you would only need 1 animator and 1 month to make that

providing you have the audio done

and i assume you would be doing the backgrounds

[Rampart]

The audio can be outsourced, but I'll probably need someone to do backgrounds (unless, that get's really expensive, then I can do some digital painting in Photoshop).