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Hey guys rate my showreel please
Hey
Just uploading it now, ill have the link up in a minute
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0DaGlwYIAg&feature=youtu.be
Its me at the end wearing the mask 🙂
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Kinda has a Residents “One Minute Movies” feel to it.
Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
Where were you on 6/21?
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What does that mean, any ideas on how to improve it?
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My first suggestion is to break it up into multiple reels based on category. One reel for weddings, another for corporate, another for scripted, etc.,. My second suggestion is to show more of your actual edits. Too many reels, not just yours, are basically montages cut to music which is great if you are trying to get jobs cutting montages to music but not so great if you are trying to get a corporate or scripted gig.
I also found the text at the beginning too difficult to read and if you can upload a higher quality version I would do that as well.
-Andrew
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Thanks Andrew
When ive got the time ill sit down and cut a few different reels together. Thats a great idea as i wanted to show I was proficient in all styles but if I do it that way its even better! When you say multiple edits, should I just put a few clips together, so its not so flash but its more to do with showing my work.
I also have 90% of this online too, the finished versions, so I send potential jobs (I only work for free at the moment, im more an apprentice who gets jobs on Mandy), and it seems to work. But if clips is the way to go, ill get on the case with it.
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Andrew is exactly right about compartmentalizing the demos. For one reason: potential clients will get confused about what your expertise is: corporate suits hate hiring wedding guys, and momzillas may not understand the medical and drama things you worked on because they don’t relate to weddings. And neither of them wants to see your experimental drama stuff, they’ll likely be turned off by it. Customize for the customer. Maybe even host each demo reel on it’s own themed page.
As it is now, it feels too long, and it feels more like a demo of camerawork than cutting. Editing is storytelling, so tell the story by the cuts you make.
I didn’t care for the music either; part of editing is making the sound effects and music dovetail into and leverage the visual. There was no nat sound at all, and when that’s the case, the music has to work extra hard to sell the shots.
Also, be ruthless in removing less-good footage: you have a few shots there that have lighting problems, or bumps, lose them. Less is more, when what’s left is only your best.
Keep at it!
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Aphex twin. Nice!
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[Jon Fidler] “What does that mean, any ideas on how to improve it?”
Residents, “One Minute Movies”. Google is your friend.
The video at 3:41 till the end, and the red riding hood stuff both have that weird Residents feel.
Overall, an odd mix of material. There may be some clients that are put off by some of the material included in the video, and think you might not be the guy for the job. Example, if you’re editing my daughters wedding, I don’t know that I want someone that is into ‘weird’.
The audio mix is poor. I had to strain to hear the SOT’s because the music was too hot. You had a good chance to show us some skill there, and blew it.
I didn’t really see a lot of editing in the reel. I saw a lot of plugins, but not much editing. Being able to produce seamless edits that don’t disrupt from the story being told is an essential skill. You seem to have a focus on edits that draw attention to themselves and flashy onscreen FX. For some clients that may be fine, but if I hire an editor I need someone first and foremost that can seamlessly put pictures together. Also the ability to know what shots to exclude is important. I saw shots in the demo that either were onscreen to long, or maybe shouldn’t have been included.
I watched the demo with the sound off, and I really didn’t ‘hear’ what you were trying to say. A well edited video should be able to do that.
I would include some actual non-montage editing, and cut the music to pictures thing way back.Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.” —Red Adair
Where were you on 6/21?
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Thanks for the no nonsense advice guys. This is all extremely helpful to me.
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I think the thing ive really taken away from the advice, is to make new reels which are appropriate to the story and clients and take all of my personality out of it, or just the weirdness of it.
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