Cinematography Showreel - My first

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RedSpectrumPictures

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Hey guys, sorry if I posted this in the wrong category, I couldnt find one for reels so I thought I should put this here -

Basically I started filmmaking and cinematography as a main hobby last year, and I put together quickly yesterday a reel of some of my favourite shots.

This is my first showreel, I am currently studying film and media at college and hope to carry film production and cinematography on at university level.

Constructive criticism would be great, also the shots that have an odd frame size and have the truck and people running, that was from a short film I shot in 2010, it was my first ever short film and I turned out bad, but I still loved it :)

Also I don't consider myself even an amateur at cinematography, and I know some people probably think my shots look like a beginners, this is because they are

 
I'm quite curious to hear your own thoughts on what you like/don't like about these images -- why you chose them, and not other ones you had available, for your reel.
 
Some shots were very strong, others, not so much. While your best stuff definitely shows a lot of promise, the rest of it is just noise that detracts from the stuff that really shines. I would consider just cutting it down to 30-45 seconds and dropping everything but the boat (your best shot by far, I really liked that you opened with it), the noir shots, the soldiers running over the hill, the fireworks, the sheep, and that landscape shot of the lake.
 
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...Sorry if my comments come across as harsh, but this appears to be just a mish-mash of different shots, with no real style to them.

From my perspective your show reel should give potential clients a clear idea of what you bring to the table when they hire you. I don't visually get this from your show reel.
 
Definitely lose the golf stuff.

Do more things like the opening shot of the boat.
 
Paper_bag said:
I'm quite curious to hear your own thoughts on what you like/don't like about these images -- why you chose them, and not other ones you had available, for your reel.
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Great Question. I think that the op'er will have to think about what and why these will make a good/poor reel. One thing I'd like to ad is that you should shoot only the stuff your aiming to shoot more of. If you want to do cinematic work and show us this which has nearly no cinematic style shots then your on the wrong track.
 
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