Hahaha that house song at the wedding shot though :'DD

Hey man. I have to make the showreel for my intership where im workin on right now. And i just wanted to say that this video really helped me out

In the inimitable style of Admiral Ackbar, "It's a trap!" Thank you very much for the "scene cut on the beat can lead to prediction of next scene cut" potential trap. I did it deliberately with my lightning storm vid, but deliberately spaced the scene cuts out randomly so it would not be too predictable. Recently started editing together a birthday photo and was watching the opening scenes and thinking - hmmm should I line those transitions up on beats, but now see that it does not necessarily add value, and in fact may end up being more of a distraction. Good point, much obliged. Sound is definitely important. The landing pelican scene is infinitely better. I cannot understand the number of kickstarter vids that have no monologue, and some even have no sound. I was reading an article on selling an indie film and the message there was story > sound > vision. Certainly not something you consider to start with as a beginner movie maker, in my experience. Thanks again.

Thanks for the great tips and thoughts on Reel making. It is definitely a challenging part of getting noticed and you helped give some useful ideas.

I'm in the process of creating my own reel and I've been having this problem with thinking "I need more impressive shots" As well as trying to decide if I want to combine motion graphics with my wedding cinematography. I just started watching your videos and you have helped me so much with these decisions. I'll be picking up some apples today. Thank you!

I'm almost 22 years old and will soon be entering my Senior year in college. My major is film and I've learned so much from your videos. I can't thank you enough for all the insight you're presenting. This Channel is a fast track to future successes for you. Keep telling stories.

Sound does add so much to a reel. This is really great insight, and most likely a common mistake. Thanks

Lots of good info and good reminders. I'm updating my reel soon and this was very helpful!

Thank you

Exactly what I needed right now, thank you!

Great video Simon, im in the middle of making VFX showreel as well as a cinematography reel learnt a lot from this video!

Simon, your content has improved so much these last couple years... I was one of your first subscribers, so I have seen you grow and come along way. Really to be honest you've always produced quality content from the start, only your presentation has changed and just keeps getting better and better. So you will reach 100k subscribers, no doubt. Congrats on reaching 30k!

Keep up the good work man, thanks for all the knowledge

Thanks man! Was really helpful. Cheers from Switzerland!

Thanks man. This has been on my 'to do list', and now I actually need it, I'm scrambling to create it! 😀🕺🏽🎥🏖🇦🇺

Good tips. Nice work man!

Great advice Simon, found this helpful

your youtube channel has helped me so much !!!

Great job, as usual, my dear. Thank you

Fantastic video! Lot's of great information in a short amount of time! This helps a lot man!

Thanks, this info is really thoughtful and helpful!

Well done, that really helped me!

Thanks! this video came just the right time for me!

This was very helpful

You are the best! Thank you a lot for this great video. Really helpful and interesting. We can see you are good filmmaker

Great advice mate, Thanks!

Hi Simon, love your videos!

fantastic vid man, you really helped me out with making my showreel

I learnt a lot about filmmaking from this vid and ur channel :)

very insightful. thank you. well explained. you are the man!

Exceptional advice... spot on helps greatly!

Really good one, thanks!

I love the way you explain things.

Another wonderful set of ideas and views.

Thank you for the tips! :)

Thank you I just got accepted into my dream school and am trying to get in their film production program

You have really informative videos and i like them the way you do them by the way of you showing things on screen to show what your talking about and stuff. You've inspired me to do a short film only i have no equipment but my iphone :(

Holy crap man this is really helpful!! It's good cause you make it really easy to understand! I saw your 2015 showreel and it's amazeballs!!!

Thanks for the tips ! It really helped !

Really helpful man. Thank you

Thank you thank you thank you

Great video!

Great video! I should've watched this before I made my showreel! 🤦🏼‍♀️ haha

This just helped me big time! Thank you

congrat for the 30k subscribers ! Keep the good job Greeting from France

Wow this video was so useful!

thanks for the valuable advice. I needed it

Thanks for telling us How to Make a Filmmaker's Showreel!

Thanks for this video! Very helpful!

Thank you so much for this! I'm starting to apply for universities so I seriously need to develop my portfolio

Wow nice vid I really appreciate this as I'm looking to getting into acting/directing/scriptwriting and this will help greatly

Can you stop being who I want to be in life...gosh 😋👌love the work👌

Hi, most of the time we don't really save a copy of all the rushes, which could take up a lot of space if shot in 4k or 8k. So we only keep the final cut which is in H264, but when there's a need to re-edit for a showreel, is it recommended to edit from the H264 file, even though the overall quality of the picture would drop?

Hi Simon, thanks for the tips. I’m starting to make a showreel but just wondering if you use the original footage or do you cut the best parts from your exported videos? I’m concerned about loss of quality doing it the latter way. Thanks.

Well said, great info, thank you.

Great video Simon! I recently did a showreel as part of my end of year project at film school! I was wondering if I could get your advice for whenever I need to make my next showreel in regards to music? In this first one I made, I took projects that I did throughout the year and ones outside of school. However a lot of the videos I used already had music in them, so it made it difficult for me to really put a special song into my showreel because it would overlap with the music that's already there. I did think to perhaps remove the audio, but a lot of the videos I made were very dialogue and story heavy, so I couldn't really remove it. I still think my showreel turned out great, I was just wondering about what I should perhaps do the next time around?

Awesome info man, subbed :)

it was so good thank you

woww. nice.. As I'm learning how to make movie (short movies) from DSLR, I see you can help me a lot with your skills, thanks to share it... success on your projects!! hope to take out all my doubts... see you around

Good tips!

That's really interesting explanation. Thank you so much. :)

I almost forgot to keep it short and simple! Though it might be difficult when having tons and tons of material. Kill your darlings, they said. Thanks for these tips and inspiration. Keep up the good work! :)

Thanks for tips! You're awesome, as always. Tell me,please, should I compose in one reel different kinds of projects, or could they be edited separately to represent different kinds of editing. Because for me it seems that if you connect different styles of editing you ruin impression about your editing craft. What do you think? Appreciate in advance

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I appreciate the sound in your reel. Adds dimension. Sound for some reason is still underrated.

Great Infor. Thanks

Gr8 vid I enjoy your content

Great job lad.

Excellent! =)

Thank you for sharing this! Also which microphone have you used for recording this video? sounds amazing, very clear. :)

Thanks for that !

I always link people to you when debating "it's all about the gear used" and whatnot. I think you could stick with your 600D and Hero 1 for a good few more years before even considering an upgrade of anything past a new lens or light, possibly.

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RenderMan showreel music are fantastic!

Nice vid buddy, :)

Aloha from Hawaii been watching for some time know, I have a question how would you go around adding PSA/Interviews into a demo reel for some time i was doing allot of editing for a community media network just to learn to work with people and train myself to be a freelance video editor but know most of my work is boring PSA and interviews. My other question is do you know any resources for editor to find quality projects to work on, im not that much of a camera man and me and my famliy live pay check by pay check to buy equipment to be able to do my own work and i rather be editing others work anyway

Thanks for video :)

Hey, at 2:54 that shot with the noise, what noise have you used ? KZfaq compression always takes out the noise in my videos, didn't find a way to put it and steel look nice ...

Nice vid as usual :) you voice audio sounds unusually compressed or processed though. i think leaving some dynamic in the voice is a gd thing.

I film with the cannon t5i (700D) and idk if I'm just doing something wrong, but everything I try...my videos still come out looking like video. The quality using cinema. I've watched a lot of tutorials on how to help this and I've done everything I've seen and it still doesn't look cinema. Maybe it's just the camera??

Amazing... What mic are you using for this?? sounds crisp:)

Thanks!

Is it no recommended to put your own music in the reel if you're also a musician/composer, if that is something worth showcasing?

Am I too high or are are the drawstrings on your hoodie magnificently oversized? Great video!

+DSLRguide... Nice video. Thanks. Quick question... Are your hands actually small, or is it an illusion?

Whats your opinion on doing Showreel only with phone camera (LG G3) ? i really want to work in some movie company bud i dont have money for expensive camera

Thanks for this video :) I watched this video after I maked a showreel, but I will make a shorter version. What is your opinion? Good beginning?

LOL 3:06 - 3:11 , What if I want to make a Montage parody showreel :P

Hi mate, nice video. Can I ask what the best settings are slow motion shots on a Canon 70d. Mine doesn't seem to have 60fps!

Your videos always appear so clean. I'm having pixelation issues with my personal videos. The videos often look great in the timeline and on my media player once they've been exported. My issue comes when I upload to KZfaq and Vimeo. Do you have any tips or tricks to exporting for that silky smooth footage?

Hi Simon. I've just recently discovered your channel, and I must say I really learn a lot from all your videos. You're very talented! I have a small question. I'm about to buy my first real microphone, and I wonder if you could give me an advice. I've noticed you've used both the Rode VideoMic Pro and the NTG-2. But which one would you recommend? Is the NTG-2 worth the extra money? I already have a Zoom to plug it into, so that's not a concern.

also, what is the outro song?? or did you compose it yourself?

Good video. Can you show us the FCP timeline as it plays your clips? Looks busy.

very good

Great tips, I wish I thought more deeply about the audio of the clips when making my animation reel. Every clip had fully mixed sfx and I muted all of them and had music playing over :c I watch ever episode by the way, Simon, I love the show!

How do you add sound fx on top of the background music without making it sound distracting? Do you lower the dB for the background music or change the EQ for both?

Does the same apply to a showreel portfolio for film school?

If I'm an editor, how do I show off my editing thought about demo reel?

Hi, just a question here. What if you have only like 2 short films, in your opinion, is it still able to be edited? Or maybe there are better solutions to this problem on limited works.

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