Reels
I have been thinking a lot lately about demo reels since this post on Spline Doctors. I have been viewing a bunch of reels lately and it got me thinking, what is the best length for a reel? Short and sweet is the best way to go in my opinion, too many student reels are just too long. I think another problem some students have is repeating the same idea again and again on a reel. If you have done many shots for a project that are the same characters in different situations, then I would just choose 1 or 2 of the shots to show, if you show 10+ shots of a similar tone it begins to get pretty boring and monotone.Mix it up, show as many different kinds of characters and acting as you can. You can still show different kinds of character when using the same rig, for example in Animation Mentor most of our assignments were done using Bishop, but Bishop had a million different personalities, all shown by different acting, dialogue, posture, costumes etc. As far as how many pieces you have, I am guessing around 5 pieces would be a good number. Does anyone have any tips on the best way to edit your demo reel?
posted by anthea @ 7:59 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Shahbaaz!! Definetely no fany titles or flying logos! I fogot how important simplicity is. You want to show you are spening your time in the places that count, not in fancy flying logos or weird packaging. Good call! Yeah, to keep the reel entertaining throughout should be a goal for everyone, and a great way to find out for sure if your reel is solid is to pass it by your mentor first.
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