[Skysplitter] “I consider a reel to be either a montage of clips set to music that you’ve cut, or short scenes cut together in 1 file, or a combination of the 2”
This is what I always struggle with when creating a reel. As someone hiring an editor what does seeing that they can take a bunch of disparate clips and cut them on the beat to some high energy music show you; unless that is what you are looking for? I always thought that would be good for an actors, DP, graphics, etc. reel. But not an editor. Most of my work is long form documentary work. To cut it into little chunks and put it to music would, in my opinion, be horrible editing.