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.
thanks mate. I will send you the link when it's done if you're intrested. This is not some kind of sneaky "could you watch my video's pleeeease". But I would really apreciate it if you leave some feedback ;)
John James Hi John, nice to see your reaction. I have never made that showreel to be honest. My internship and I had other plans that time. But you could watch my own showreel of 2016 on my channel of you're interested :)
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.
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!
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!
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 :(
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.
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! :)
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
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?
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??
Love the Vid! But I have a Question: some people online are saying that you should NOT use copyright music for the Showreel.. What do you think? I got here a very nice piece (CC) but some famous beats would be way better(in my opinion).
DSLRguide You said on your website and your videos, that you are making short movies since you are 11. You talk about filming out of copyright stories, making a short film every month and recreating a scene from a famous movie. There must be a lot of your movies, but they are nowhere on your channel. Where can we see them?
The Kaiser A lot of my early video are not on the internet - they are just too embarrassing! You can see bits of them in this video: ua-cam.com/video/JhX06VroP48/v-deo.html Everything else that I have put online is on my second channel: ua-cam.com/users/cadevisuals (I havn't done out of copyright stories, making short film every month etc those were just suggestions if people don't know what do to).
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
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.
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?
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
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?
Hey, at 2:54 that shot with the noise, what noise have you used ? UA-cam compression always takes out the noise in my videos, didn't find a way to put it and steel look nice ...
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 UA-cam and Vimeo. Do you have any tips or tricks to exporting for that silky smooth footage?
+CSM MovingCamera I literally just go with default H.264 settings out of final cut. UA-cam does compress stuff a lot, so if you're using film grain then it tends to look awful on YT. Otherwise the best thing you can do is focus on lighting - that's why Hollywood films still look great on DVD at compressed 480p
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.
Andreas Lodahl Thanks! I think the NTG-2 is worth the extra money, especially when you have a zoom. However, the videomic pro does give you some versatility to use it directly into the camera. So unless you shoot a lot of stuff where you can't use the zoom, definitely go for the NTG
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!
I just made a showreel a couple days ago, and hope I have used some of your awesome tips in the video Simon. If you could watch it and give feedback that would be awesome. Anyone else is also welcome to watch and criticise.
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
Hi Simon. I'm an editor and I am planning to make my demoreel. You did not mention what editor's can use for their reels, so may I ask what would you think is ideal for editors to use in theirs?
+Marcus Abraham Reynier Agustin I've never made an editing reel, but I imagine you use every project that you'd been the official 'editor' on (even if it's your own projects). You've just got to show off what you can do with the timing / order of shots :)
Hey Simon, quick question, should you worry about copyright or licensing issues with the music? Or since you are not making a profit, does it really matter?
+Matthew Alfaro if I were you, i'd stay away from copyrighted music. UA-cam will put advertisements on your videos, and give all of the revenue to the label that owns the song.. which means you can never earn a cent from your work.
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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Hahaha that house song at the wedding shot though :'DD
Ikr! Man that cracked me up
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.
Cody Carlson you're welcome, Cody!
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
+Joep Uden glad to hear it, Joep! all the best with the internship
thanks mate. I will send you the link when it's done if you're intrested. This is not some kind of sneaky "could you watch my video's pleeeease". But I would really apreciate it if you leave some feedback ;)
John James Hi John, nice to see your reaction. I have never made that showreel to be honest. My internship and I had other plans that time. But you could watch my own showreel of 2016 on my channel of you're interested :)
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.
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.
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!
Lol clicked on your channel because of this, that shoot first video is pretty darn good.
Sound does add so much to a reel. This is really great insight, and most likely a common mistake. Thanks
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!
Christian Vedder I remember you from the early days! Thanks for the encouragement, that really means a lot!
Thank you
your youtube channel has helped me so much !!!
Exactly what I needed right now, thank you!
Lots of good info and good reminders. I'm updating my reel soon and this was very helpful!
Can you stop being who I want to be in life...gosh 😋👌love the work👌
Great video! I should've watched this before I made my showreel! 🤦🏼♀️ haha
Thanks man! Was really helpful. Cheers from Switzerland!
I appreciate the sound in your reel. Adds dimension. Sound for some reason is still underrated.
Chip Brandstetter awesome, glad someone appreciates it!
This was very helpful
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 :(
Thanks man. This has been on my 'to do list', and now I actually need it, I'm scrambling to create it!
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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!!!
+AndyVDLam cheers Andy!
Thanks for telling us How to Make a Filmmaker's Showreel!
Great job, as usual, my dear. Thank you
Thank you for the tips! :)
Great advice Simon, found this helpful
Thanks, this info is really thoughtful and helpful!
I learnt a lot about filmmaking from this vid and ur channel :)
I love the way you explain things.
Great video Simon, im in the middle of making VFX showreel as well as a cinematography reel learnt a lot from this video!
TomPTV awesome, glad it was helpful!
Thank you I just got accepted into my dream school and am trying to get in their film production program
Really helpful man. Thank you
Thanks! this video came just the right time for me!
You are the best! Thank you a lot for this great video. Really helpful and interesting. We can see you are good filmmaker
Good tips. Nice work man!
Another wonderful set of ideas and views.
robbyboyo thanks!
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.
CinemaPDX Awesome! I think that's exactly what I will do, but I have to it's really tempting to upgrade
Well said, great info, thank you.
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?
You could probably add at the beginning of the reel you that the music was composed by you
Keep up the good work man, thanks for all the knowledge
YOU WERE LISTENING TO INTERSTELLAR ON SPOTIFY. im so proud of you xx
Thank you so much for this! I'm starting to apply for universities so I seriously need to develop my portfolio
Fantastic video! Lot's of great information in a short amount of time! This helps a lot man!
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! :)
Great advice mate, Thanks!
Hi Simon, love your videos!
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
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?
Wow nice vid I really appreciate this as I'm looking to getting into acting/directing/scriptwriting and this will help greatly
Well done, that really helped me!
Am I too high or are are the drawstrings on your hoodie magnificently oversized? Great video!
Exceptional advice... spot on helps greatly!
Really good one, thanks!
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??
Love the Vid! But I have a Question: some people online are saying that you should NOT use copyright music for the Showreel.. What do you think? I got here a very nice piece (CC) but some famous beats would be way better(in my opinion).
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Wow this video was so useful!
congrat for the 30k subscribers !
Keep the good job
Greeting from France
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DSLRguide You said on your website and your videos, that you are making short movies since you are 11. You talk about filming out of copyright stories, making a short film every month and recreating a scene from a famous movie. There must be a lot of your movies, but they are nowhere on your channel. Where can we see them?
The Kaiser A lot of my early video are not on the internet - they are just too embarrassing! You can see bits of them in this video: ua-cam.com/video/JhX06VroP48/v-deo.html Everything else that I have put online is on my second channel: ua-cam.com/users/cadevisuals (I havn't done out of copyright stories, making short film every month etc those were just suggestions if people don't know what do to).
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
very insightful. thank you. well explained. you are the man!
fantastic vid man, you really helped me out with making my showreel
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.
Thanks for this video! Very helpful!
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?
RenderMan showreel music are fantastic!
Thank you for sharing this!
Also which microphone have you used for recording this video? sounds amazing, very clear. :)
Good video. Can you show us the FCP timeline as it plays your clips? Looks busy.
thanks for the valuable advice. I needed it
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
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?
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This just helped me big time! Thank you
That's really interesting explanation. Thank you so much. :)
Thanks for the tips ! It really helped !
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.
kdx films fair enough, I'm always trying to find the balance with these things!
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?
***** Not this time, although I do if there's dialog with music.
Great job lad.
Hey, at 2:54 that shot with the noise, what noise have you used ? UA-cam compression always takes out the noise in my videos, didn't find a way to put it and steel look nice ...
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 UA-cam and Vimeo. Do you have any tips or tricks to exporting for that silky smooth footage?
+CSM MovingCamera I literally just go with default H.264 settings out of final cut. UA-cam does compress stuff a lot, so if you're using film grain then it tends to look awful on YT. Otherwise the best thing you can do is focus on lighting - that's why Hollywood films still look great on DVD at compressed 480p
They never ever paid for my skillsets and creativity . and unlike minded girls flowed over there . now I will live my full potential at all cost .
+DSLRguide... Nice video. Thanks.
Quick question... Are your hands actually small, or is it an illusion?
Sir, how about if I am just a video editor, not a videographer. Can I still make my own reel?
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.
Andreas Lodahl Thanks! I think the NTG-2 is worth the extra money, especially when you have a zoom. However, the videomic pro does give you some versatility to use it directly into the camera. So unless you shoot a lot of stuff where you can't use the zoom, definitely go for the NTG
What if you're a Sound Recordist who needs sound to show off your skills?
I recommend just use the sounds that work well for the scenes they are in
Back here again as I make another reel
Great video!
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!
Matthead+ That's what it's all about, realising the things you can do better next time! glad you like the show
I just made a showreel a couple days ago, and hope I have used some of your awesome tips in the video Simon. If you could watch it and give feedback that would be awesome. Anyone else is also welcome to watch and criticise.
Thanks!
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!
Adam Hussain check the manual for the camera - you just change the fps to 60
the blog post was removed can you send me a link to this blog post , i know it was a long time ago
Like the reel you made. Don't know if anyone has asked you this but how long did it take you to make?
+Martha McAlpine thanks! after i'd shot all of the stuff, it probably took 5hrs to edit or something:)
How do I take parts of UA-cam videos from series... Movies ... And episodes I am in? And make it one video?
it was so good thank you
Fantastic. Audio was a bit noisier than usual. Trying out different settings?
Hear that too
Tom J thanks Tom :) yeah always trying out different settings
Great Infor. Thanks
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
Thank you thank you thank you
Hi Simon. I'm an editor and I am planning to make my demoreel. You did not mention what editor's can use for their reels, so may I ask what would you think is ideal for editors to use in theirs?
+Marcus Abraham Reynier Agustin I've never made an editing reel, but I imagine you use every project that you'd been the official 'editor' on (even if it's your own projects). You've just got to show off what you can do with the timing / order of shots :)
also, what is the outro song?? or did you compose it yourself?
Dude, your showreel is really nice! did you use 600D on every shot?
eusouoestuca thanks! yep, except for a few on the go pro hero 1
DSLRguide Looks amazing, man!
DSLRguide is the 700d better then 600d for video?
suvradip dutta Equal. In my opinion the price difference is not worth it.
thanks
Hey Simon, quick question, should you worry about copyright or licensing issues with the music? Or since you are not making a profit, does it really matter?
+Matthew Alfaro if I were you, i'd stay away from copyrighted music. UA-cam will put advertisements on your videos, and give all of the revenue to the label that owns the song.. which means you can never earn a cent from your work.
thank you so much!
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.
Go out and shoot something with your smartphone and add to the reel