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- From: andyrose@netcom.com (San Francisco Fractal Factory)
- Subject: Re: product in development (animation)
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- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 01:11:41 GMT
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- quandt@mcs213i.cs.umr.edu (Brian Quandt) writes:
- > >
- > > Thought this newsgroup might be able to help me out
- Maybe
- >
- > The product that we are developing has a rough pricing of $1000 US. Our
- > preferred target market is the professional animator, however, at a $1000
- > it's possible that amateurs may also be interested.
- Give (some of) it away
- >
- > Here's a brief list of the kind of information we are looking for:
- what is the long list
-
- > - How big is the market, i.e., how many people do animation?
- 715 people do animation.
- > - How many are professional and how many amateurs? Are there
- > any other ways to seperate the different markets?
- They are all professionals, try area of interest (or what it is they
- use animation for)
- > - What platforms are people using to develop animations?
- > Unix (which hardware, I bet Sun), amiga, PC, etc.
- Unix (bet on SGI), amiga, PC 486->p5, etc.
- > - What kind of budgets do professional animators have?
- Can range considerably. $45/hr for broadcast/corporate/legal can make
- some good budgets. $10-40,000 at $800-$1500 per second for
- broadcast animation. Longer in legal/scientific (some 10 minutes long)
-
- > - What is the total US budget for animators?
- Total US budget is less than zero.
- > - What can be said of the capital acquisition for animation
- > studios? What is it like?
- I've never heard of 'the capital acquisition' is that like the
- 'spanish inquisition'
- > - What methods of advertisment are most effective towards
- > animators?
- Free booze at Siggraph or try cappucino, espresso
- > - What magazines are read by animators? That is where should
- > magazine advertisment dollars be spent?
- Smithsonian, Scientific American, The Nation, New York Times, Computer
- Graphics World, ACM Siggraph, not here, Mad magazine
- > - What generally could be said about animation studios? Are
- > they grey suit or blue jean type companies?
- A little more far out than that. Some don't even wear pants.
- > - What resources contains information that can answer many
- > of the above questions? Any professional research
- > firms anyone recommends?
- Try DataQuest in San Diego or Siggraph attenders list
- > - How big of problem is it to single frame record animation
- > to tape?
- Not very big if you use laser disk (hint)
- > - What file formats should the product be compartible with, in the
- > amiga world the follwogin jumps to mind: anim5, iff24.
- follwogin like fahrvergneugen
- Something with JPEG or even MPEG, Mac Quicktime jumps to mind
- see IBM
- >
- >
- > Brian Quandt
- > quandt@cs.umr.edu
- >
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