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Demo Reel From Nothing At All???? hmm..
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HAHAHA thanks Scott 😀
Yeah I’ve had a run in or two w/ interlaced stuff… I use VHS cameras as I’m not exactly rolling around in the dough.. combined w/ a 640x480x30FPS USB video capture card, it gets me by. I use a tutorial from videocopilot.net to deinterlace my footage, it actually comes out quite nicely (surprisingly considering the cameras).
I do my design work on the LCD and I do have a tv on the other side of the room I have a 16 foot S-Video cable running to when in need.
As for the CRT’s and being surrounded for days ….. ugh.. yeah.. 🙁 I don’t always have them all on at once (but still a good portion of the time). I’m swapping out for LCD’s as money allows. This is also my gaming rig so fun or work, I still want the best I can get my paws on.
-Jeremy
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I am having somewhat the same problem. I tried looking for some non-budget projects. They usually give you a bigger playground as it comes to creativity and time. In my country we have some jobforums specialized in motion. I signed in to 2 projects just for experiance and portfolio material. And recently we made a short film -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDM6eZjm_Ew
We filmed it with a 70’s 35mm camera witch was very cool. It may not be the best editing ever, but at least it delivers material for my showreel.
Cheers
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Wow that’s pretty impressive actually!
I’m sure you’ll got a load of stuff for your reel 🙂
-Jeremy
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You think so? Well, thanks. It was actually 2 day shooting (35mm so takes a while) and 2 day editting (in a different country, different people) but actually it was quite fun. It was the first time I touched a oldschool camera and I have to say, the image it creates is really cool.
But to awnser your question, no, I dont. Thats why I am looking for little projects that pass by. Its good to try and find a goal where you help out other people and end up with some nice showreel material. Aint there any artschool in your area? Or schools that provide cinama educations? They often need people with skills and experience to help them out with projects. Ofcourse, you wont get payed but you got something..
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You’re welcome.
As for art schools out here, I’m not entirely sure, I’ve been away for almost eight years. Where I used to live there were two schools, but all the students were in the same situation as me so there wasn’t any helping the schools.
A group of like-minded friends and I are going to be doing some shorts and maybe a full feature or two depending on time/schedules so we’ll see what happens there.
-Jeremy
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Just make a bunch of 10-second animations, and cut 3-5 seconds of each into a reel. It takes time, but it’s the best way to do it. As you go, your tastes and abilities will improve, and you’ll find that your early work is no good. Great. You’re improving. Make more animations.
Look outside. Look at architectural illustration. Look at the Communication Arts Illustration Annual. Mess around. Throw crap together. Basically, speed up your creative process by throwing stuff together and making mistakes. Make bad stuff. Make better stuff. Eventually you’ll make good stuff.
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I very much agree with this… if you want to show variety in a reel, then do a lot of different things! By doing short stuff, you can spend the time polishing it without feeling like you’re wasting a lot of time on a “fake” project (if it’s not for an actual client).
For example, I took an illustration I had done for a uni class and split up all the layers to put in some simple animation, and it turned out to be a really effective 3 or 4 seconds, without much extra work involved.
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Sweet thanks!
Tried to do a 3d match move shot in my driveway today… but my camera held me back 🙁 Even after the de-interlace the image quality just wasn’t sharp enough for boujou… -.- (don’t ask.. a friend out of the states has it, i VNC to his machine to use it..I doubt I can ever afford it..). The track points were just all over the place 🙁
I might have to do other projects for now that don’t involve any 3d match moving…
-Jeremy
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I just did a google search for about 10 seconds and found a few places with “free HD footage”, including this vimeo group.
https://www.vimeo.com/groups/freehd
The footage looks pretty nice, good clean quality that you could DEFINITELY use for practicing. In fact it’s better than some footage I’ve had to deal with for actual production work! If you check their terms and conditions, they may well even let you use it for in a reel, i expect. There’s nothing wrong with using footage you didn’t shoot if you’re not going for jobs in shooting… in post-production everything is given to you anyway so it’s just like a real project.
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Wow thanks!
yeah i didnt think to look lol..
-Jeremy
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