It's called a "Reel"

strangerthings

strangerthings

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Not a "fake." 'Cause this is the real thing.

(I swear to God that was funnier in my head. It's late. I get one free pass.)

Just finished up a new demo reel, was hoping to get some feedback on it. It's a fast 1:30.

http://vimeo.com/5123363


Thoughts are welcome, encouraged, entreated.
 
Looks good! The only question I had was why did you put the "For Dummies" part in there twice?
 
Good point. I cut the beginning to be sort of a mini-teaser, just blasting out awesome clips, and then went back for the meat and showed what each project was, and what I had done on it.
 
The majority of the work is motion graphics, and it's good. If that is what you want to do, then stick to having just your best motion graphics shots.

If you want to do 3D work, then do a bunch of 3D work for yourself, or low and no budget projects and get some really nice shots before you put together a 3D ree. The Asteroid shots look like stuff done in 1995 on an Amiga with LW 3.0, sorry, but they need to go.

If you are trying to get work as an editor, then cut together some commercials, or music videos that tell a story and have a narrative. Something that shows cutting with continuity, matching eyelines, and has a nice flow to it, then a more agressive part with faster cutting. Editing is a language all it's own, created something that speaks that language.

Gear your reel to the kind of job that you want to get. You want people to say, wow, that guy is really good at... 3D, Motion Graphics, or editing. If you are going to mix it up, every shot has to be spectacular, and subtitles saying what you did help a lot.

Competition out there is stiff for VFX, Editing, and Motion Graphics work. Set yourself apart by having a clearly defined reel with kickass shots and you'll be turning down work. Your motion graphics work is good, the rest will improve with time.

Cheers!

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Thanks for taking the time to give some sincere feedback.

This reel was really intended to sell myself as a mini-production house in general: a director who can shoot, if need be, and handle post by himself (hence the specific credits under each project of what aspects i performed). I intended on submitting this mostly to agencies or specific clients for contract work.

My directing reel, which I'll be submitting to LA with some screenplays and the audience numbers for my show, is a different one which will be a lot more performance specific.

Knowing that, is there any additional advice or feedback you'd offer? I'm looking at improving it in any way I can.
 
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