Thursday, March 23, 2006
Theory of Demo Reels:
My theory on demo reels for people just starting out in the business is that demo reels are all the same and boring and nobody is going to recognize the work because a student hasn`t worked on any big projects yet and demo reels sure don`t show how the student handles story. And most important, you can`t enter a demo reel in a film festival.
Jesus Montero was my student for an internship/career planning class a couple of semesters back. I told him as I told his whole class that short animations are better than demo reels for beginners. He was the student from that class that listened to me and produced this great outlaw biker bug short animation entitled Unexpected. I am only going to show a small clip (which I think I can get away with under fair use) and sound has some problems because I had some real problems with the sound transfer so don`t blame that one on Jesus. The sound design was very good on his disk.
Link to video clip
Okay, he didn`t get the part of the class about acquiring rights to the music so he still has a few legal hoops to jump through before he can enter his short in competition but all those demo reels are never going to get into the festivals no mater how many music rights are acquired. Good job Jesus. Now you have gone and done it. Now I am going to expect a lot from you in the future. ¶ 6:59 PM
My theory on demo reels for people just starting out in the business is that demo reels are all the same and boring and nobody is going to recognize the work because a student hasn`t worked on any big projects yet and demo reels sure don`t show how the student handles story. And most important, you can`t enter a demo reel in a film festival.
Jesus Montero was my student for an internship/career planning class a couple of semesters back. I told him as I told his whole class that short animations are better than demo reels for beginners. He was the student from that class that listened to me and produced this great outlaw biker bug short animation entitled Unexpected. I am only going to show a small clip (which I think I can get away with under fair use) and sound has some problems because I had some real problems with the sound transfer so don`t blame that one on Jesus. The sound design was very good on his disk.
Link to video clip
Okay, he didn`t get the part of the class about acquiring rights to the music so he still has a few legal hoops to jump through before he can enter his short in competition but all those demo reels are never going to get into the festivals no mater how many music rights are acquired. Good job Jesus. Now you have gone and done it. Now I am going to expect a lot from you in the future. ¶ 6:59 PM
