How long does it take to do a motion graphic?

[Potatofish]

Hello,

Would like to ask about a rough no. of working hours needed to complete a 1 min motion graphic.

I just graduated with a degree in digital animation and mainly did frame by frame animated cartoons instead of motion graphics. I got myself a job with a company as a graphic designer. While my boss understands that i am new to graphic design work and was agreeable with me learning on the job, i was given a task to complete a 1 minute motion graphic within 4-5 days (from planning, scripting, storyboarding to animating and rendering of final product). I did what i could to plan and storyboard quickly since i was asked to present it in 3 hours. Am mainly looking and searching up tutorials as i work on the animation.

May i know about how long would it usually take to complete a 1 min explanation video that is in a cartoonish style? And if theres any tips on handling a project as a beginner?

Thanks in advance!

 

[casperes1996]

That varies greatly. For me, it'd probably take about 10 hours, but I'd like to also note that I'm not exactly good at motion graphics... I just fumble until it works, haha.

 

[diamond3]

There is no right answer. Are you going to manually create everything that you're going to animate? Do you have a resource for common things? How in depth are you going to be? Usually with motion graphics, it's how much can you do within a certain budget (time)? As you get more experience, you'll learn tricks to speed up the projects and know which things you shouldn't do that will waste too much time.

 

[drfunk1986]

Yes it depends on how experienced you're plus if you're doin everything from scratch or if you're using some plugins and replacing graphics to match what you want.