FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Price vary based on the details of the project, so please provide all details you can and what you have in mind for budget when you first approach me. Below I outlined minimum to maximum ranges, where minimum is a simple job and maximum is a more complex job: Animation: $50/hr - $150/hr Video Editing: $50/hr - $100/hr Visual Effects: $100/hr - $250/hr 3D Modeling: $30/hr - $50/hr CAD: $50/hr - $150/hr AR Mobile App: $100/hr - $150/hr Mixed Reality App: (HoloLens) $150/hr - $250/hr Special Projects: (s.a involving hardware + software ) TBD Rates are estimates depending on level of complexity. ____________________________________________________________ VIDEO EDITING fixed rates breakdown : Simple one or two cuts no image corrections or visual effects: 1 - 10 seconds final footage - $100 Basic, cuts only, no image corrections or visual effects: 11 - 20 seconds final footage - $250 Basic, cuts, some image corrections and 1 visual effect: 11 - 20 seconds final footage - $500 Standard Editing with image corrections and 2-3 visual effects: 21 - 30 seconds final footage - $1000 Advanced Editing with extensive image corrections and visual effects: 30 seconds final footage $5000 Advanced Editing with high complexity: 30 seconds final footage $10000 (Above 30 seconds TBD) ____________________________________________________________ ANIMATION - can handle anything you can dream of. Here are some common types, please provide details for pricing: 3D Animation - including characters may include facial, lip-sync, motion-capture, synthetic human, avatars, digital-double, gestural (s.a hand animation) 3D Animation - other than characters props, industrial | product | medical | proof-of-concept simulations, fly-through - facility | real-estate Court Case Visualizations, flying logos, text 2D Animation - cartoon, web, presentations, promotions, various visualizations, flying logos, text Hybrid /Live Action/ Animation Interaction
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Pros are paid when you contact them. When you first contact me, please provide as much details as possible and your budget. For example, if animation project I'd need to know at-least the following: Type of animation if you know it. Do you prefer or envision 3D Animation or 2D Animation or Traditional (cell) Animation or Motion-Graphics or Stop-Motion or Claymation? or is it some hybrid of live video with some animation embedded? in that case how much of the of the video duration you specify would be animated? do you forsee/plan on any visual effected (VFX) embedded? Who is the target audience? (for example: kids? adults? age group?) What is the purpose. (for example: commercial? online ad?, presentation?) Brief - Do you have script or story or even a storyboard you can share? What is your budget for the project? if you are not sure, please let me know at-least what would be the maximum you are willing to spend. Customers Reviews milestones as frequent as possible. Final Deliverable.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Haggai Goldfarb’s Bio HAGGAI GOLDFARB, has held leadership positions in the private sector with a distinguished track record of delivering successful large-scale technologically challenging projects and products to market. A pioneer in the field of computer graphics and 3D animation, Haggai made significant contributions to some of the most notable animated movies ever, such as Shrek, which won two Academy Awards, Over-The-Hedge, and Kung-Fu Panda. As a director in the animation industry at Warner Brothers, Disney, and DreamWorks, Haggai led innovation and development of, and was recognized for numerous high-profile animation projects, some blockbusters with over $100 million in budget. Haggai’s career in the computer graphics and movie industry spans over fifteen years, starting in Israel where he had developed some of the most lucrative, computer-graphics-rich commercials for major brand national and international TV channels. In 1996 after winning several International awards in animation, Haggai joined Warner Brothers Digital Studios. In 2005, Haggai was awarded the Technology Achievement Award (from Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg) for his achievements on Kung Fu Panda, which received an 81st Academy Award 2009 ‘Best Animated Feature’ Oscar nomination. At the 36th Annie Awards, Kung-Fu Panda won the top ten prizes, including ‘Best Animated Feature’ for 2008. Haggai was the sole inventor of 5% of DreamWorks' IP portfolio of granted patents. DreamWorks Animation was acquired by NBC Universal / Comcast in 2016 for the amount of $3.8 Billion. Continuing on his pursuit of winning innovation and building upon his pioneering start-up experience, Haggai led innovation at Lowe’s Companies Inc. which operates a chain of retail stores in the US and Canada (As of 2018 Lowe’s, with market cap $80 Billion, operate 2002 home improvements and hardware stores.), as well as led prototyping efforts at Microsoft (over $1 Trillion market cap as of June 2019) in the areas of mixed reality and HoloLens. Most recently as Sr. Project Manager at LORD Corp. Haggai led the development of several AR apps products. His most recent project (AR Car app product) helped LORD Corp. seal the deal with Parker Hannifin which acquired them for $3.67 Billion. Haggai is an Alfred Sloan Fellow and received MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and BA in Computer Science from Brandeis University.