Hasta La Motion!

My question is, after watching award shows like the Oscars and the Grammy’s, I was wondering how much does an award show broadcast package go for? I would imagine that these packages include a show intro sequence, bumpers, nomination packages, lower-thirds, overlays, transitions, wipes and some stage elements, such as motion tiled backgrounds and the like.

Has anyone done anything of this magnitude here? How much should the price change if the event is televised (state-wide through major cable network – Viacom subsidiary)?

I know most say, "Well just charge what you’re comfortable with," but no one wants to drive off business or get underpaid by being uniformed. It would be great to say, such-and-such company got paid XYZ dollars for the grammy’s package which of course was nationally televised on a major broadcast station, so i’ll charge XYZ dollars for this project based on the scale of your audience. Something to that effect.

If I can get concrete or ballpark numbers that would be most beneficial. I’m just tired of hearing, "Just imagine what you want to make a year and divide that by how many hours you’ll think you’ll work and Voila!" I say I don’t like that because CLEARY some jobs are worth way more than others! Thanks for any help anyone can provide. I’m sure this can serve as a good reference to those finally turning their talent into $$$$.

BTW: I plan to use 3D animation, particle systems and advanced compositing techniques with After Effects and Combustion.

I’ve been using Cinema 4d for some time, and quite happy with the results I get from it. However, without fumefx and afterburn, sometimes it becomes meaningless to use it.

Ok. Here is my question.

I moved do max for dynamics & simulation capabilities of it (and its plugins). However, this time it became almost impossible to create some complicated motiongraphics with it, although Im not sure if it has a plugin like Cinema4D’s [Maxons’s] MoGraph plugin, which is directly about procedural animation..

Let me ask you one example question, and how can thet be done in MAX:

[With MoGraph plugin of Cinema4D, I could create a movement depending on a waveform of a sound file (using an object called Sound Effector); which is basically getting the equilaser data and uses is as a movement input (to move, scale or rotate the 3d geometry). I want to create a similar effect in MAX; so I thouth there could be equivalent tools to create some advanced motiongraphics like it can be done in Cinema4D’s MoGraph.]

I hope this thread explains my problem well.