2010 Reel (critiques appreciated)

[TristanPR]

I'm reaching out to all of you. I just finished up what I'm hoping to be a decent reel that I can take with me on my new journey in LA to find work (hopefully a short journey). But first I wanted to come here and allow as much critique and constructive criticism to come my way as possible! So have at it!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Peter Mosiman]

I would recommend that you separate your reels into various specific reels. Its how every professional does it.

Cheers!
Peter Mosiman, Cinematographer

 

[Homunculus]

sorry to be blunt but a lot of that reel looked like home videos and not very high-end/professional cinematography. the opening football stuff a couple shots looked professionally lit (closeup on quarterback throwing). the rest sorty of looked home-movie-ish. i'd say build up your skills and reel a bit more before trying to move to LA

 

[TristanPR]

Thanks for the tips. Maybe this was the wrong place to post this particular reel, as most of the work was just point and shoot unlit videography. As for the structure of the reel, I was hoping to be able to showcase all of my different areas that I've worked and keep it on one video. ie - sports, promo, film. Is this usually shunned and not appreciated?

 

[Peter Mosiman]

Thanks for the tips. Maybe this was the wrong place to post this particular reel, as most of the work was just point and shoot unlit videography. As for the structure of the reel, I was hoping to be able to showcase all of my different areas that I've worked and keep it on one video. ie - sports, promo, film. Is this usually shunned and not appreciated?

I would say yes. Primarily because your work is being shown to someone for a specific reason style of shooting, lighting, etc. I think that if you have a DVD/website, you should put these different types of reels into different videos, all in a single easy to locate location, but different so that they can see you do all sorts of work, but that you know how to keep it separate etc.