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.
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...
I’m not really sure what you are arguing for, but if an expensive 3D film is only 1.75 times more expensive than a cheap 2D film, then that’s a pretty strong argument that 3D isn’t much more expensive than 2D (OP was saying it was 1000 to 15 ratio)
> The biggest challenge to doing 2d though is finding the talent and the justification.
I disagree. There is a lot of great 2D cinema animation coming out of the East. It’s not just Ghibli that makes beautiful, well-told cartoons.
I missed that ratio part. I actually thought it they were saying 1.75x more expensive for 3d vs 2d. I wouldn't expect one art style to be thousands of times more expensive than the other. Good catch.
Also regarding 2d cinema animation, I'm speaking through a very American lens (considering the link points to Disney) so take what I say with a grain of salt.
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.
"I know nothing about Charlie Munger's UCSB plan, but it appears that he already funded a dorm with this design at U Michigan. The building seems to be rated 8.8/10 by residents, and that appears to be the highest rating of any campus apartments.
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Having spent all of 20 minutes inside one of these apartments, they're not at all comparable. It'd be more akin to the popular "urban 1 bedroom" apartments I see in various places (including Seattle, where I am) that feature windowless bedrooms.
This new building is a kafkaesque study in cramming sardines into 5'x5' boxes.
Certainly not "this" design. Graduate residence building at Michigan vs. undergrad at UCSB. Bedrooms at Michigan twice the size as the UCSB ones. Individual bathrooms vs. shared ones.
Munger also sponsored (in part) the Lawyer's Club residences that are adjacent to the law school at Michigan. The facilities there, while quite overpriced relative to the (already obscenely priced) local real estate market, are really pretty good as far as graduate dormitories go. But the rooms are also about 3x larger than the proposed UCSB rooms, and have windows.
i think someone should start a fund that exclusively invests in startups that get torn to shreds on HN, “Why would anyone use this, I could build it in a weekend!”.. often means the startup goes on to reach a billion dollar valuation.
here's my idea: understand the sentiment of HN comments using BOW models on successful startups already lunched, invest in the next ones.
Sounds like an IFF fallacy— sure, HN hates some thing that turn out to be successful, but lots of things HN hates really are terrible (or turn out to be successful for unrelated reasons, like the team was great and they managed to pivot away from the terrible idea).
Anyone technically minded used FTP back in the days. So why is there a need for Dropbox (at that time).
That is what makes it hard to invest if you think too much or "know" too much. You get blinkers that prevent you seeing what become obvious successes because of UX improvements for the non-technical crowd.
It’s not like… that’s precisely the scenario being referred to. The problem is that’s always the example, which suggests that the dropbox event is likely closer to the exception than the rule. And it’s existence is used to deflect all criticisms, which is generally an indefensibly dumb strategy.
Knowing the subject well may put blinders in some situations… but what’s the alternative? Know the subject poorly, flail about wildly and hope you land something by pure chance? Obviously knowledge isn’t the problem here; you need it to qualify if it’s a good decision or not. It’s the over-specialization, combined with the lack of empathy for the average user that derived the dropbox event.
I guess feeling pains by that definition isn't really an useful test, being sentient is. We dont know what animals have sentience, but the prevailing theory is a central nevous system makes it possible.
I guess whether people are laid off or just looking for new opportunities, it may not be easy to keep all the resumes, responses, contacts and interview results together, also maybe they already applied for this position? to this company? If so, when and why didn't they still have an offer from them? If they rejected, for what reason? what about reference contacts? test assignments?
so an online service for keeping all information about their job search process may be helpful.
Hundredrabbits are traveling on a sailor ship while working on OSS and many projects, they are also providing many informations about their 1982 boat and about sailing and how they are providing electricity from solar power etc..
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...