note: I'd like to stress that i am showing my showreel as an example of what i'm discussing and not as a portfolio post.

Hi everyone,

I made my first "official" showreel about a week ago and was wondering how people thought was the best way to make them etc.

I've seen people with one showreel for everything but also people with multiple showreels sorted by genre. Some people include full tracks (almost like a playlist) and others include fragments (about 1 minute).

In mine I went for one showreel with as many varied pieces as I had (1 minute-ish of each).

http://soundcloud.co...n/2011-showreel

I think i got quite attached and included perhaps far too long a sample of some pieces and maybe too many pieces but I have yet to see if it is truly effective.

Do let me know how you go about making a showreel and what you've found to be the most effective way of doing so.

Thanks very much,

Calum

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note: I'd like to stress that i am showing my showreel as an example of what i'm discussing and not as a portfolio post.

Hi everyone,

I made my first "official" showreel about a week ago and was wondering how people thought was the best way to make them etc.

I've seen people with one showreel for everything but also people with multiple showreels sorted by genre. Some people include full tracks (almost like a playlist) and others include fragments (about 1 minute).

In mine I went for one showreel with as many varied pieces as I had (1 minute-ish of each).

http://soundcloud.co...n/2011-showreel

I think i got quite attached and included perhaps far too long a sample of some pieces and maybe too many pieces but I have yet to see if it is truly effective.

Do let me know how you go about making a showreel and what you've found to be the most effective way of doing so.

Thanks very much,

Calum

note: I'd like to stress that i am showing my showreel as an example of what i'm discussing and not as a portfolio post.

Hi everyone,

I made my first "official" showreel about a week ago and was wondering how people thought was the best way to make them etc.

I've seen people with one showreel for everything but also people with multiple showreels sorted by genre. Some people include full tracks (almost like a playlist) and others include fragments (about 1 minute).

In mine I went for one showreel with as many varied pieces as I had (1 minute-ish of each).

http://soundcloud.com/calumbowen/2011-showreel

I think i got quite attached and included perhaps far too long a sample of some pieces and maybe too many pieces but I have yet to see if it is truly effective.

Do let me know how you go about making a showreel and what you've found to be the most effective way of doing so.

Thanks very much,

Calum