First, know that I never had any job in the field and almost everything you see is personal.
But I’d like to get one !
So what do you think ?
What should I remove or change ?
Is the music way too good for the pictures ?
Is the ending too bad ?
(Is the spaceship joke too ridiculus ?)
Thanks !
I got a very different reply in the CG Society forum. (I was recommended to cut it to about 30-45 secs, which I don’t really know what to think about)
I’ll remove some stuff at the end but I’d like to keep the sync with the music so it can’t be too short.
You’re work is cool, stylish, and varied, which is all good… I don’t think there’s anything on you’re showreel that shouldn’t be there, but 3:30 is a little long for a showreel - you should aim at more like 2 minutes. You could probably improve your showreel by trimming a lot of the clips to bring down the runtime.
I’m not so sure about “Free Template” - I think it shouldn’t say Free Template on it! Use the template you made to say something else!
After that - guy in a T-Shirt anim… Not so keen on the first shot… also - maybe this section should start with the photos of the guy from all angles, as that shows how it was created. Also, I’m not totally sure about how the Photos are shown - could it be quicker? Could it form an animation of the guy turning round?
This is way too long, I think CG society is right.
Honestly, your work is good. But people with better work often have shorter reels. Length doesn’t really help you.
Take the best <50s of footage (have someone with an unbiased opinion choose if you can’t) and use that.
There is really good material here, but the presence of lesser works and the overall slow pace hurts you.
To put it another way: imagine the prospective client as someone with no patience, who is rude and impatient. As soon as they get bored, they will stop watching. When they stop watching, they fail to see the other great stuff you had in store.
Don’t allow that to happen! This is meant as a quick video gallery of your greatest hits, not a full video meant to be enjoyed at one’s leisure.
I shortened my reel to 1:45 and it’s so impossible to sync the music with the shots that the music seems inappropriate now.
To me it already makes it less enjoyable to watch and I’m still far from 30-40 sec.
But tell me what you think. Did I remove the right stuff ? What else would you remove and should I at least replace the word “Template” by something else if not throwing it away ?
I don’t know what word to put. Fire, Sparks, Tuning, that seems just as dumb as Template. The original word was Timmy61, it was a fake tutorial channel intro for a “”"“fun”""" video I made, but that’s not better.
Oh and don’t mind the glitch in the nebula/cloud thing, I’ll fix it. By the way did you prefer it without it ?
Edit : One last question : I saw people put the year 2016 on the title of their showreel. Isn’t it supposed to be the year you did all the stuff ?
On CG Society I was told the new one is 100% better.
I’m a bit confused. Maybe I should change the music to something faster and more energic to sync it better.
I made 2 new versions (one more “fantasy” and the other more “electronic”) because I think depending on where we apply for a job we may want to show something different. There’s some new content and both have some different things and a different editing.