Demo Reel Top 5 Mistakes That Are Costing You The Job in 2019 (VFX / Design)

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What it takes to make a successful demo reel - from the perspective of the employer, not the artist.
A fresh look at what it takes to make a successful Demo Reel that will land you a job in the film, games and design.
Regularly I see reels get thrown out because of simple mistakes that are artists overlook when making their reels.This is the insight of someone that reviews reels for a living and builds teams for movies, games and design projects. And, debunking some of the most common myths that artists are perhaps confused about when it comes to making a successful portfolio, show reel or demo reel.
Whether for Film VFX (Maya, 3ds max, houdini, cinema 4d etc) or game development (unreal engine, unity, substance designer,) or design (After effects, photoshop, modo etc). Whatever area you work within, your reel is the most critical piece that you will use to showcase your work and hopefully land the job.

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@InspirationTuts 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allan, i don't believe that there is someone with enough value like yourself is making videos like these on youtube. Keep It up Man. we would like to use all the help we can get ^^

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@DoraKage 5 жыл бұрын

- best work first - length - not tell a story - music not important - no filler, less is more

@starsroof_1633 5 жыл бұрын

THANKS. top "youtube TOP X video" mistake, not include time stamps or a list like this in the description.

@TheOtherNiki 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Eindrew9 4 жыл бұрын

The music tip hits really hard... I'm a motion designer and i do find it important that motion graphics are animated according to music and beat... so it's a bit discouraging to hear that employers turn off the sound of the reel

@Erika-vc9ly 3 жыл бұрын

i think there is a difference between vfx reels and motion graphic reels, motion graphics can go and exist with a rhythm to them that hits with the music, vfx does not. I once went to a confference where the recluters from various studios talked about this and they said that music in reels have been an off and on again thing for years, they said add it but know that it might be muted unless its a lipsync animation. I guess that applies to motion graphics as well

@Crisosphinx 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Allan for this information. I haven't heard someone be so straight-forward, blunt and honest about demoreels, ever.

@Greenpeamedia 5 жыл бұрын

Super information! I'm looking to put my demo reel together - Spring 2019 semester is my last semester to get my BAS in Multimedia and Video Production Technology. I never would have imagined that I would have this much fun doing video, film and editing. I love VFX - both practical and CG and want to continue and grow in the field. And who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks? I turned 58 this year and to be honest and I've never enjoyed doing anything as much as this or that I would have fun doing work. I've looked and found examples of demo reels - this is the 1st time I have truly learned how to make a demo reel. Thanks a million Allan!! I've shared this with our program director and will be passing it on to other students in the program.

@ennamorgan9673 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to make this, and share these golden nuggets! Very helpful.

@AllanMcKay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Enna!

@JFArts 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Allan for all your advices! Going to refer to them soon at my first Showreel :)

@jsagy7179 5 жыл бұрын

Great video really needed to hear this from someone who's a job it is to actually watch reels.

@annormal581 5 жыл бұрын

Your video deserves to have more likes and views. I found It incredibly useful. Even spend an hour taking notes and glueing them to the wall in my room. Please, keep uploading high quality content like this. (Forgive my english as I am not a native speaker)

@austinholmes123 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your advice very much and am excited to apply them to my own reel! Can I give you a word of advice for KZfaq videos, as someone who watches multiple videos every day? Get to your points faster. There was a lot of fluff and KZfaq viewers arent looking for videos to fill their time that are longer than 10 minutes. You could have given us more succinct advice without flexing on us for the first two minutes of your video. Great advice, just needs to be more concise

@LegionOfWeirdos 3 жыл бұрын

I scrolled down and found your comment after he said "less is more" at 4:29. My sentiments exactly. The irony.

@vanlindtclassics 2 жыл бұрын

unless there watching a short Dramatic video that entertaining!

@jaybhadaniya7309 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for telling us, we students are thinking that make some big and get job easy but it's totally wrong. Really it's so much helpful for me. Few of the successful artists tell us the his experience and advice and one of the legend is you.

@Maros_Mari 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the honesty. I am going to take all that into consideration while working on my reel.

@AllanMcKay 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome my friend 🙏👊

@drevfx_ 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this insight!

@AllanMcKay 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome thanks so much 😊

@chulithweeraratne6947 5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the honesty of this video.

@xilrowemedia 5 жыл бұрын

Very Well done Allan! Very helpful to me and my business. Cheers!

@AllanMcKay 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@GeraldLizardo_m 4 жыл бұрын

This info is so valuable! thanks a lot bro

@SpencerMagnusson 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that informative video! I'm updating my demo reel myself pretty soon; I needed that. This may sound strange as a question, but this is from a student: what would you consider the minimum length of a demo reel? Maybe I'm just too hard on myself in what clips to use, but I want it to truly be my best work, and I'm afraid of "filler." And I don't have a ton of work under my belt, but I'm getting there. So when is the length considered too short or would worry employers? And if I should keep it closer to a minute like you said, what are ways to draw out your best work in a courteous way?

@user-qr7xg2om3d 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! it's very helpful and informative

@DGalious 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your video. Also your DemoReel Book is very helpfull, thanks again!

@alejandrogiorlando1886 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and advice! Many thanks for this!

@casiosinclair 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Allan, some great advice. Bonza!

@flyzvfx 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Allan, great video!

@maiasm 5 жыл бұрын

This was even helpful for putting together my acting demo, as well. Thank you!

@AllanMcKay 5 жыл бұрын

That's great! Yeah it's funny but a lot of what applies here applies in any industry. So that's really awesome!

@peterheitmann2844 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thank you Allan!

@slivertorp 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allan! You are a mentor for all of us

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much I am honored

@edwardwilson3310 2 жыл бұрын

GREAT information!!

@vazak11 5 жыл бұрын

Oooh this is super helpful, thanks!

@singerLuvsroblox 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for you advice it helps alot !!!!!!!

@sketchy5770 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you this has been really helpful

@victoriamichaels6930 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips ! Thank you

@AllanMcKay 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@NabilJabour 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks!

@barbe00brune 5 жыл бұрын

Im almost done with my first demoreel. I would like to know: how open are recruiters towards junior artist? Do they want work as high quality as a senior artist ( making it really difficult), or are they ok to hire someone with less experience? Are recruiters ok with hiring juniors with "ok" work but that are willing to practice and put their 120% so they can stay for the long run and become seniors one day?

@SolidMotionVFX 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for super info/insights

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! More to come - I am publishing a (massive) guide on this subject end of this month, so there's a lot of info related to this I'll be posting. So definitely more videos on this subject to come :)

@he.is.bharat 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Allan McKay for these important tips. I will really help us a lot.

@AllanMcKay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much buddy I appreciate it and I appreciate you have a great day

@jwood6902 5 жыл бұрын

How do you feel about montages? How can you tell if someone can edit a scene by looking at just a fast montage sizle reel?

@jungj891 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the advice! Can I ask you something? I'm a student. I want to get the Comp position. Do I need a 3D comp reel? I mean I made my reel included roto, paint, key, projection and so on but I didn't make a 3D comp like pass comp. Consider the third factor you mentioned, these worries seem to be meaningless but as for me who can't texturing, lighting, animating, I'm a little curious about it.

@annekedebruyn7797 5 жыл бұрын

Question, what if the shot you have isn't your best but it shows that you can do a certain thing, should I still exclude that? (Say, the fire sim I made is great but the rest of the shot is lacking.)

@supriyosamanta9334 5 жыл бұрын

I just started to learn animation and don't know much about the industry so what do you think i should do vfx or fx what would you recommend please do reply.

@aurelieviau5136 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this very helpful video. There is much kindness in wanting to help us make our showreel !

@butterflynova3136 5 жыл бұрын

Also, do we need any kind of information in the video or on the side??? That part still confuses me in all the videos and google/bing searches that I have done.

@pragvanshshah1881 3 жыл бұрын

Worth every second 🔥🔥🔥

@AllanMcKay 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy ♥️

@DirectorCMack 5 жыл бұрын

Too my surprise, it was awesome! Thank you McKay...Director CMack

@Lj3942 6 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate what you’re doing sir.. this is really useful...😍

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thank you!

@yggrassildigital8483 5 жыл бұрын

thank you master allan!

@davidjondelrosario9426 2 жыл бұрын

Great watch 👌

@AllanMcKay 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David!

@yogeshrajkumar490 6 жыл бұрын

i did all the five mistakes thank you allan i am gonna start fixing them.

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

Hey nothing wrong with making mistakes as long as you learn from it - let me know once the new reel is up, love to see it!

@yogeshrajkumar490 6 жыл бұрын

sure :D

@Vistaenvision 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Allan you are superb

@GeorgiMarinow 6 жыл бұрын

useful !!! Thanks Allan !

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Georgi!

@TheFozze 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Allan! Im currently doing my last half year of college and im starting to plan for my reel. Something i can't really find a clear answer to is wether the reel has to be multiple animations or just a single longer animation? The common consensus i've seen online seems to be many shorter animations, but i thought i should ask anyway as you seem to know your stuff. Thanks!

@joserangelve 4 жыл бұрын

What an awesome video. Question: If I´m a filmaker, I mean, I do camera, and DP, and editing, mostly, how can I reflect that in a reeel? Or I´m supossed to make them separatelly? Tanks in advance.

@pavithraneperiya6181 6 жыл бұрын

You are my inspiration

@phillipjodoin9225 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Allan, I am new to your channel and just watched this video and was hoping you could answer a couple of pretty basic questions. How do you and other industry leaders feel about viewing a demo reel on you tube for 3d character modeling for video games? Second in regards to keeping a reel to between 60 and 90 seconds, would it be a faux pa if a student sent a demo reel and it showed the creation of a character, some environment stuff and ended in a playable character in a video game? Thus showing that the modeler can create and has dabbled in more than just modeling (assuming he created everything) the playable game would be like maybe a few second walk around a level. What platform do you recommend for demo reels?

@butterflynova3136 5 жыл бұрын

What if its a for an example dancing? Its music alright for that? Like the original sound recording of the video. Or does the music have to be edited as well?

@3dmachine 6 жыл бұрын

Great and useful information Allan 👍

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mohammed!

@MrBiswas123 6 жыл бұрын

Story telling is very important...which I only understood after reading a lot about film theory and making my own short films !!!!

@monhoobatraa3967 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mr. Allan. I can't believe I acually paln to make all this mistake in my first demo reel. That funny right.

@asiamaria5183 3 жыл бұрын

My reel is my only work 🥺. I hope they think it’s the best. 🤞🏽✨thank you for this

@3DJapan 5 жыл бұрын

This is all stuff I learned in school (2003 DAVE School grad) but it's good to have it drilled into my head some more. Haha

@karanmirajkar51 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, I heard so many times this things from my mentors or experts like you but as a student I usually stuck with the resources while planning a huge shot or something and i usually gave up like a artist working in a studio has been working on movies then he later get easily get that shots which he worked on but as a student it is totally a different thing. And It will help so much if show us some showreels or demoreels of student or fresher grade. Or make a video specifically for freshers with some examples. Thanks

@sahilbanik419 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sir....❤️

@katerinaikalina 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@spencerchinoy4166 4 жыл бұрын

do reels need to be montages? are stand-alone sequences bad to have?

@Studio51media 4 жыл бұрын

I’m grateful I found this! I’m worried that it’s harder to execute than it sounds... so much of my best work requires “context” context sometimes require time to develop . I understand there is no need for “filler” but where is the line? Also, “best work”? Wow according to who? Me? You have me completely doubting myself at this point. I return to context. I do a lot of music video promo’s for “agency bands”. I’ve been told that my work is used by competing Agencies as an example of how they should be done... yet i wouldn’t know how to create a “reel” that conveyed that in 90 seconds. In this context the Audio work I do is as important as the video work [as almost all of these videos feature that fact that the audio is LIVE from the actual shoot!!]. I need to create a Reel for a real estate team that is looking for high end production WAY beyond selling houses... I find myself lost. HELP 😂

@rogerd3051 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much, Allan , I have seen a number of clips and spoken to a few people and, they all agree you need to keep the reel short and sweet, but how short was never spoken of, now I have a good idea. Are ILM still recruiting is Sydney?

@DrCaptainMan 5 жыл бұрын

hey! really sound advice, resonates with me totally. I suppose these tips can also be applied for a video production company demo reel to get the attention of potentially not creative people looking for corporate or whichever videos.

@blendHSA 10 ай бұрын

In the visual effects industry, the hiring process can be unforgiving, often emphasizing technical skills while neglecting important soft skills. This can lead to talented artists being overlooked. It is unfair for hiring professionals to dismiss candidates based on a single mistake, akin to searching for perfection in an imperfect world. Instead, we should consider the paths that brought us to our positions and foster empathy in the hiring process, recognizing that everyone has room for growth and not subjecting candidates to unnecessary harshness.

@jackalopeb9598 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a film student with very little experience. Most of my work are school projects or internship-related. I started this major last year and am now taking the capstone course. One of the projects is to create a 1-minute reel. I feel very discouraged because I don't have enough good quality clips to showcase. What should I do?

@thewalkingquest 5 жыл бұрын

Allan McKay how important is a CV and its format and how to find out its necessary format? Could you please share your points briefly. I'm majorly looking out for 3D Animation.

@architectofdreams73 4 жыл бұрын

I got a question. I am a video editor that just graduated out of college, so the only stuff I have to put on a demo reel is from my school projects and one internship. How do I put together a demo reel showing off my narrative video editing and how long should the demo and clips within it be approximately? I have a show case on vimeo, but I think I need some sort of single file with a compilation of my work. How can someone new to the real world field even get a job when it seems everyone wants someone with more experience. Seems like a catch-22. Cant get more experience if I don't get the work in order to get the experience.

@EthanFilms 6 жыл бұрын

Great tips, I love film riot too haha thanks for this, I always heard the whole best for last bit ....

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah you want to set the tone from the beginning and keep them captivated. If your best shot is at the end - you'd be surprised how brutal some sup's are, they'll just turn the video off and move to the next one if they're not instantly captivated. I'll admit there's plenty of reels I've never watched because the title (their name) at the beginning went for too long. When you have loads of reels to go through you need to be captivated from the start or it's easy to lose someone.

@defaultaccount9522 3 жыл бұрын

@@AllanMcKay what should be the maximum duration of a demoreel??? Please reply soon.....

@AllanMcKay 3 жыл бұрын

@@defaultaccount9522 the longer it is the less likely they'll get to the end. I like 90 seconds, I wouldn't make one longer than 3 minutes for a personal reel

@defaultaccount9522 3 жыл бұрын

@@AllanMcKay thank you....

@AllanMcKay 3 жыл бұрын

@@defaultaccount9522 you're welcome brother

@4ktravel68 5 жыл бұрын

Really nice advice

@AllanMcKay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy I appreciate it!

@TheRealMerchyBautista 5 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing! I am looking to rework my demo reel because I feel I'm getting passed on because of my reel. I do have one question hopefully you can reply: say that I do have some few shots I've done in production, but i feel that they don't demonstrate every ability i can do clearly. Do you think its appropriate to include my own demonstration of my skillset along with production work?

@DavidConant 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@jerryjacob47 6 жыл бұрын

That was some great tips man.. Thanx a lot :) @allanmckay But I have one question for you. Is it necessary to composite our final shot? I mean can't we just show a really good quality render? In the end they are gonna see quality, right? P.S I don't know how to do compositing and I mainly do FX(dynamics) work.

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

I will say with FX you definitely will increase your chances of getting hired being able to show finished shots. FX and compositing go hand in hand, so you should really be able to treat your FX elements. Ideally what we're looking for is someone I can hire tomorrow to sit in a chair and do the work. If you are able to start busting out shots then it's a no brainer whether to hire you. But if you've got some cool FX elements but they're just rendered on black, then I think everyone's been burned hiring someone who can make something look cool - but actually being able to take the shot through to final is really what matters. So demonstrating that you can finish a shot and have a good understanding of integrating live action and CG is critical. I feel it's pretty easy these days to make cool looking FX elements but it's more about being able to follow direction and be able to bring all your elements together. Hope that helps!

@jerryjacob47 6 жыл бұрын

Allan McKay thnx man :)

@daabomb114 5 жыл бұрын

I have always been curious but does a person with a bachelors degree in the creative industry does that matter vs a person that has a AA degree?

@AllanMcKay 5 жыл бұрын

We did a live stream about this yesterday actually. Honestly a degree in the creative industry doesn't really count for much. It's mostly down to your portfolio, since that's what we hire for - for what you can do. So the piece of paper doesn't hold much clout. It can help with work-visas when working in other countries but your portfolio/demo reel is everything.

@sandeepreddybanala705 4 жыл бұрын

hi Mr Allan Mckay. what do you expect from a fresher Houdini fx artist while reviewing and personally, I don't have a pc which supports me enough to take all my renders so which I've to take my reel with just images so I need your help on this... can you suggest me anything on this? thank you very much

@Agyani_21 3 жыл бұрын

Hi brother.... I'm a Vfx student,I want to learn Houdini. is this work smoothly on i7 8th gen..6Gb 1060 and 16 gb ram .? and I need your Guidance ❤️😊🙌 Social media Account link please

@sandeepreddybanala705 3 жыл бұрын

@@Agyani_21 ofcourse yeah! sandeep.reddy2697@gmail.com

@Agyani_21 3 жыл бұрын

@@sandeepreddybanala705 thank you Brother.... Do you use any social media...? where can i ask for help ?

@demitrifearron658 4 жыл бұрын

thank you

@DESTINY14329 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Allan , that's amazing thanks for sharing. I have one question , let's say you developed a method of going around certain problem , you think that it can be implemented in lots of production scenarios , but you created it on the rnd scene with a very simple model. Is it a good idea to drop that inside your reel with a RnD sign next to it and add a little breakdown ?

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

I will say that if I see a reel with loads of production work and then there's 'one' non rendered piece or personal work, it is always a reflex to pick up the resume right away to see if they are a student or not. So typically anything not polished, that takes you out of the flow of the reel is always going to disrupt the viewer. If you have lots of this type of work, what a lot of technical directors can do is have a TD reel that accompanies the main reel, and that can typically be screen recordings of a lot of the tools that were developed in production, to showcase what those tools or contributions did. Otherwise I would mention at the end of the reel 'for additional demonstrations of production tools and technical director material - please go to www.MyWebsiteHere.com" and post those as individual videos on your website with an in-depth break down of what they did. That's typically what I would suggest - but every scenario is different. Hope that helps!

@DESTINY14329 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for answering I will either consider applying it to real scene or split into two different reels.

@sabz0934 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

anytime buddy :) great to hear from you

@MohammedIdrei 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Allan .. Im very late to watch it after all that time .. but really i respect you and love your personality there .. Im in the making but i have a question that im kinda bothered with to be honest .. when you have these shots that serves you to show you've been part of a specific project .. even if its simple, not as good as other shots .. but you just need it to serve you in your region somethimes . Im humble to hear your opinion about this . Thank again Allan ... Much love ♥️

@gherat 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t think that your work should be triple A quality all the time. Just do the best you can, there are a lot of different types of projects I can think of, where you don’t have to be the best of the best, top of the rock. Don’t let a guy telling you that he has to plough through hundreds of demo reels, get you down. This world is competing enough as it is, last thing we need is someone telling you, “you have to have the best of the best of the best, otherwise you are nothing!” Fact is, there is a 99,999% chance that you will not be the best of best, but still lead a fulfilling career doing animation.

@MasterBlek 4 жыл бұрын

First I heard 19 seconds and I was like: wuuuuuuuut? But when I read few comments I've realized that I need to make more good animation for my reel. XD

@deepkumarpatel1918 5 жыл бұрын

hello sir... thank you so much...this helps me a lot... How can i start to learn dynamics sir ?

@gregorybinsfeld136 3 жыл бұрын

Do you happen to have any example reels that you thought were unique and kept your interest or you accepted for your project?

@mtnbikrrrr 4 жыл бұрын

solid tips, thank you. i watched it w/sound off. (JUST KIDDING)

@vedangsharma1000pixels 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video m8. greetings from india

@megavisceo1371 4 жыл бұрын

You are a boss, you always won my heart, Jah bless

@ChristopherMcCullah 4 жыл бұрын

Allan, where would you suggest I put my name and contact info? At start only, in a trim line along top of screen throughout whole video? I'm concerned with too much info on screen at once.

@prasenjeetanand 5 жыл бұрын

thanks sir love u

@DMAX_DIY 3 жыл бұрын

Dude! You ROCK.. Got the message for sure! I make YT vids now. But will be definitely taking these tips to the masses. (masses... like 300subs.. hahaha) DMAX motion Sim

@vmina12 4 жыл бұрын

What are reels made of? A CD or DVD?

@tiktoking6078 5 жыл бұрын

Can they be self made? If you have no experience?

@user-sl309jd90 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@MarcC1973 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tips. Like the less is more approach...Do you feel it's important for a reel to have many fancy graphics or titles? Thank you.

@AllanMcKay 3 жыл бұрын

No, in fact you’re just giving more opportunity to get your work criticized. I’ve sold this story before but I was at Blur studio reviewing reels for a halo project, And there was someone who was on my list to hire because he had great work but One of the other supervisors put them on they do not hire list because his opening title text was really bad even though all the work on his reel was good. He figured that perhaps the commercial work just had a really good supervisor, and this is the level of quality of work he would do unsupervised. That always stuck with me just showing how volatile things can be, and ultimately your contact information and all the other text isn’t going to make an impression ever, the work is. But badly Create a text will get negative attention, so ultimately I will keep things simple and keep focused on the content the work is the most important part I hope that helps! :-) Thanks Marc!

@MarcC1973 3 жыл бұрын

@@AllanMcKay thanks so much Allan. I’ve seen a metamorphosis of what it takes to get an employer/future clients attention. All other reels I’ve done in the past (20 years in News) I simply I slammed together a few news reports. Different story now. Thanks again. Always a work in progress...

@AllanMcKay 3 жыл бұрын

@@MarcC1973 no problem brother always happy to help and yeah ultimately it's just about proving you can do the job. That's so that matters. Thanks for sharing Marc! 👊🔥

@chandanmandal7625 6 жыл бұрын

thanku

@jozacmusic8632 4 жыл бұрын

Any info on how to do an Film Composers Reel????

@dhirajrathod505 5 жыл бұрын

Hey! sorry i am almost too late to see this video but in end of my 3rd year that is now I finally know that I want to be an environment artist and I nearly have two environments to showcase also I live in India so there are no highly experienced people out here to help I basically learnt most of the things which are and also not related to environment art from youtube and honestly I've spent like 400 hours in blender yet a lot to explore I know Maya, substance painter, Blender, Photoshop and what not. can you suggest me some things like should i keep these 2 environments in my reel or should i work more and also I have little to no knowledge about what to show in the reel, like should I show the finished product or the process or the technique I used to make it possible I hope you reply me here Thanks

@NightMare-iy5zd 3 жыл бұрын

Bro.. if you can see this.. please reply ok.. i need some help

@sumit5591 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Allan, you're inspiring me since 2009 and today I'm in MPC Montreal. Thanks alot!!!

@AllanMcKay 6 жыл бұрын

That's so great! Say hi to the guys at MPC Montreal for me, hopefully we can all get a beer someday!

@sumit5591 6 жыл бұрын

Allan McKay definitely!!! I am waiting for the day, we'll catch up for sure whenever you are in Montreal. Cheers

@rocarica 5 жыл бұрын

I doubt I'll get a response but you seem to reply so fingers crossed! My son is 12 and has a few featured music videos with some big artist. There are no speaking scenes of course but show tons of emotion and acting ability. Do I use these scenes?

@josecastro5815 4 жыл бұрын

Demo reel tips: 1. End with your masterpiece. (No room for failer) 2:11 2. length. Less is more (60-90 seconds) 4:36 3- The story is not the main thing. Showing the end results is what really matters. 6:46 (However, if you have a great story then make a short film. That will showcase your ability to tell a story and produce it way better.) 4- Music is not as important. Focus more on getting great shots. 9:20 5- no filler, show ONLY your best shots. 11:22 Hope it helps. Regards!