Rendering Times and Release Dates

Hey there White Feather fans, this is Seth checking in to give you our latest update with the production as a whole.  Beth and I were discussing approximate release dates, and in the course of our discussion we came up with a rough estimate of rendering times.  A very rough idea is that it will take 12 minutes to render each frame, basing it off the 8-10 minute render times we're getting right now with the sets 80% completed.  If that is true, then with 12 minutes of render time a frame, it's going to take 360 minutes to render a second of video since we'll be running it at 29.97 fps (standard NTSC) rounding it up to 30 for calculation purposes here.  That tells us that each minute will take 360 hours to render, and with a projected finish time of 15 minutes for the final film, we're expecting it to take 5,400 hours, or 225 days, or approximately 7 and a half months to render the entire video.  But don't be too scared, because that would be with only one computer rendering (24/7 of course…) and I've got a couple I'll probably be using and Beth has one she'll probably be able to help with.  But all in all, we've set February 16, 2012 as our current release date.  Of course that is VERY approximate and I'm hoping it will be sooner, but that gives everyone a concrete date to look forward to anyway.  Well, gotta run now but hope you're enjoying watching the progress!!  Aren't the sets looking absolutely stunning???  Beth's doing such a great job!