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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.
This is a good question. I agree - show montages upfront to get a client interested. Later - once they're really evaluating you deeper you can share full tracks.
The way I have mine set up is when you go to my home page there are four samplers - each under four minutes long and assigned various moods. For example I have a epic, doom-n-gloom, tension sampler then a light, happy, casual, fun sampler. My thinking was to not split up demo based on orchestral vs rock vs jazz, etc. I was worried that would create too many samplers for a potential client to browse. So instead I focused on what kind of emotion(s) would the client like to see supported musically and went with that. I've only recently made this change but I think it works pretty well.
You have some really nice tracks uploaded. Keep up the good work!
Thanks,
Nate
The way I have mine set up is when you go to my home page there are four samplers - each under four minutes long and assigned various moods. For example I have a epic, doom-n-gloom, tension sampler then a light, happy, casual, fun sampler. My thinking was to not split up demo based on orchestral vs rock vs jazz, etc. I was worried that would create too many samplers for a potential client to browse. So instead I focused on what kind of emotion(s) would the client like to see supported musically and went with that. I've only recently made this change but I think it works pretty well.
You have some really nice tracks uploaded. Keep up the good work!
Thanks,
Nate
Thanks for the reply - it was very helpful. I agree that the idea of separating the showreel into moods is very effective. That way you can direct clients to the showreel that would be specifically relevant to them. I think once I have more material under my belt I will attempt to split it up like this.
Thanks for the kind words nate!
Thanks for the kind words nate!
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