Rates and availability
The diary for the next eight weeks, my day rates and how holds work. The diary is updated every Friday (sample).
Updated Friday 16 October (sample)
w/c 19 Oct
Monday booked, Tuesday booked, Wednesday booked, Thursday booked, Friday booked.
Library explainer: animation (sample)
w/c 26 Oct
Monday booked, Tuesday booked, Wednesday booked, Thursday held, one hold, Friday held, one hold.
Library delivery; Thu and Fri held for a logo sting (sample)
w/c 2 Nov
Monday free, next free run, Tuesday free, next free run, Wednesday free, next free run, Thursday free, next free run, Friday booked.
Free Mon to Thu. Fri: storyboard review (sample)
w/c 9 Nov
Monday held, one hold, Tuesday held, one hold, Wednesday held, one hold, Thursday held, one hold, Friday held, one hold.
Held for a product explainer (sample)
w/c 16 Nov
Monday held, two holds, Tuesday held, two holds, Wednesday held, two holds, Thursday held, two holds, Friday held, two holds.
Same film; a second hold is placed too (sample)
w/c 23 Nov
Monday held, one hold, Tuesday held, one hold, Wednesday free, Thursday free, Friday free.
Free from Wednesday (sample)
w/c 30 Nov
Monday booked, Tuesday booked, Wednesday booked, Thursday booked, Friday booked.
Museum title loop (sample)
w/c 7 Dec
Monday free, Tuesday free, Wednesday free, Thursday free, Friday free.
Free all week (sample)
Booked, in inkOne hold: you can take a secondTwo holds: you would be thirdFreeNext free run
Reading the diary
Ink is booked. Pencil is a hold: another client asked first. A 1 means one hold, so you can still take a second hold and move up if they let the days go. A 2 means two holds already.
Blank days are free. The green ring is the next free run.
Day rates
Day rate
Eight hours, in the studio or on site in Springfield
$520
Half day
Up to four hours: edits, versions and small changes
$300
A week booked together
Five days in a row, one project
$2,400
Rush start
Starting within five working days of the request
+25%
Late cancellation
Of the booked days, inside ten working days
50%
Example prices, before tax.
Every quote includes
- Two rounds of changes on the storyboard, one on the animatic and one on the final film
- Licensed music and voice-over passed on at cost, with the licence in your name
- The project files and a fonts list at hand-over
- A subtitle file in one language
How booking works
Five steps from the first email to the final film. Nothing is booked until step four, and holding dates costs nothing.
1
Send the brief
What the film is for, who will watch it, how long it should be and the deadline. A script if there is one.
2
Get a quote in days
Within one working day: the days the job needs, the price and the dates I can offer.
3
Hold the dates
I pencil you in for up to five working days, free. If someone else asks for the same days, you get 24 hours to confirm or release.
4
Book with a deposit
A 30% deposit confirms the booking, and your days go into the diary in ink.
5
Storyboard, animatic, final
You sign off each stage before the next one starts, so changes stay small and cheap.
Have a date in mind?
Tell me the dates and what the film is for. I reply within one working day with the days, the price and whether I can pencil you in (sample).