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From: Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Todd Rundgren's "Change Myself"
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Date: 3 Mar 91 17:40:02 GMT
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> A bit discouraging to think that a three minute video would take a
> full year of the one machine user's time, but that aside, ...

Ack!  Unfortunately, animators and videographers have utterly
failed in educating the public in how long it takes to do these
things!!!!!  (If they told the truth people would probably shy
away from their services, so instead they burn themselves out by
working 37-hour days and not making any money ...)

Just to give you a dose of reality, many of the showcase
computer-animated videos required:

     - about half a million dollars worth of equipment
     - a team of 3 - 12 people
     - 1 to 2 years of development

for a not-uncommon cost of about $2,000,000 - $3,000,000 for 2 or
3 minutes of movie magic.  No kidding.  Just ask Pixar (who should
know because they're still around), and Vertigo (who know even
better, because they're not, along with a long sad littany of
computer animation companies who slipped into the past because of
the high cost/low time ratios associated with this business).

Todd and Allen can be proud of how quickly this video was put
together.
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