a director's demo reel versus an editor's demo reel

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AlexCFrey

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What's up everybody,

A similar or exact topic may have been posted before, but I was wondering if you could elaborate on a director's demo reel versus an editor's demo reel?

Thinking logically, I would imagine that the director would want to show off great emotions captured on screen, snippets of his greatest sequences, your most complicated and powerful blocking, and more. Then I would imagine that an editor would just want to show off his best cut scenes?

I could be totally wrong, so if I am please correct me.

Thanks!
 
Any demo should hilight what ya wanan do. Editors reels vary from story-tellers to grafik gurus. Hilighting what you wanna get paid to do is the waqy to get paid to do it. I have looked at more reels than anyone I know. The lable is the first make or break. If pride did not go into the packaging, I simply have too big of a stack to mess with em. The first 30 seconds of your reel will get ya in the door or filed in the same trash can as the bad lables. There are only a few reels I have ever watched to the end. If I see a running time on the lable over 10 minutes, I seldom pop it in. Again, there is a stack of reels that follow the 6 minute or less rule and time is money.
Same with a director's reel. Throwing tricky scenes out like children or animal actors may show patience but unless it's what ya wanna be doing, there is little need to show it. Show what ya wanna be doing. Versatility will be in there no matter what. Going out of your way to show this may get ya hired doing something ya cant be pasisonate about.
and thats not unlike having a real job.
 
cool topic. since you mentioned that you watch so many demo reels grinner, how do you determine that someone is a good editor?
 
by what I see. I'm looking for a sense of timing, lots of creativity and some savvy with grafix. Mostly, I have to see confidence. I can't afford anyone who thinks they are great or hopes to be great one day. I need people who know how great they are right now in the seat.
 
grinner said:
by what I see. I'm looking for a sense of timing, lots of creativity and some savvy with grafix. Mostly, I have to see confidence. I can't afford anyone who thinks they are great or hopes to be great one day. I need people who know how great they are right now in the seat.
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that's good advice, thank you.
 
Always demo your best. Big name logos mean very little unless treated well. You can do that with made up stuff.
Know that specialists get specialists rates and jacks of all trades usually get less. At least with staff gigs. This means if you advertise yourself as a videograpgher/editor, you are likely to get a less paying gig than if you stepped up as an ace editor. It's just amatter of down-playing who shot the material.
...again, unless thats what you want to demonstrate.
 
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