[saadalem]

i guess 3D animation costs 1 million per minute, while 2d animation costs about 15k a minute.

could AI help reduce the costs in the future ? imagine making a movie in a short time and also x0.1-0.001% costs

here's a good read too: http://web.archive.org/web/20201121143218/https://arr.am/202...

[wodenokoto]

I don’t know where you get those numbers from, but obviously animation price for both 2D and 3D are dependent on level of detail.

Naive calculation says that princess and the frog (disneys last 2D) was 100mill for 97 minutes, while Up (released same year) was 175mill for 96 minutes.

I don’t think either movie had particularly bigger stars than the other, so i think the overall budget ratio gives an okay idea of how far your estimate is off for cinema animation.

[loudthing]

3d movies require a lot more technical r&d, experimentation and tool development.

This was true for 2d in the past, but Princess and the Frog was made in more or less off the shelf 2d animation software.

The biggest challenge to doing 2d though is finding the talent and the justification. Take a look at what most art school are offering as far as animation goes...

[Andrex]

As someone who recently began producing 2D animation, it seems like 2D has only gotten more rare and expensive as 3D/CG animation continues to proliferate.

But could be a "grass is always greener" thing.