Real-Life Math -- Solution
Convert minutes to seconds:
2 minutes = 120 seconds
If
it takes 12 frames to produce 1 second of animation, then:
12 frames
x 120 seconds = 1,440 frames required
If 1 frame takes a half
hour to draw, then:
1 frame of animation = 0.5 hours work
Now
multiply the number of frames required by the number of hours required:
1,440
frames x 0.5 hours = 720 hours
Calculate how many working hours
you have for each animator:
40 hours per week x 3 weeks = 120 hours
Divide
the total number of hours required by the number of hours worked a week to
determine the number of animators required.
720 hours / 120 hours
= 6
To complete the commercial on time, you will need 6 animators
working for 3 weeks.
"On most productions you can only animate 5 seconds
per day [depending on the number of animators]," says animation studio owner
Todd Ramsay. "It's a real team effort and it's so rewarding to watch a finished
[product] that we've put so much work into."