Making A Demo Reel Video

***Remember that the purpose of a Demo Reel is to impress the audience with your skills and abilities shown through the works you have done! Also, Quality over Quantity!***

Step 1: Identify the best work you have done. [Due Wednesday, April 4]
-Make a new folder and gather your best work into them--Drag while holding down "alt" to copy/duplicate your file
-Have at least one peer share their opinion on what they think is your best work--you decide whether or not to incorporate their opinion.
-Based on your best works chosen, determine what kind of demo reel you want to present.

Report your completion of STEP 1 here: https://goo.gl/forms/KRV5gUEsG2mp5cvp2


Step 2: Gather your assets for the video in a folder, and POLISH them. [Due Friday, April 6]
-Save Photoshop projects into a JPEG or PNG ("File" >> "Save As" >> change "Format" into JPEG or PNG >> "Save" >> Set to desired quality >> "OK")
-Export Illustrator projects into a JPEG or PNG ("File" >> "Export..." >> change "Format" into JPEG or PNG >> "Export" >> "OK")
-Export Flash animations into SWF or MOV (SWF: Push "Command" Key + "Enter/Return" Key, MOV: "File" >> "Export" >> "Export Movie..." >> "Save" and wait for it to finish exporting >> "OK")
-SCREEN RECORD your flash gameplay and save it as a video file like MOV (http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/16/screen-recorder-mac/)

-Make any little fixes to make your project as perfect as you can.

Report your completion of STEP 2 here: https://goo.gl/forms/on4xfPI8sLy6jHoy2


Step 3: Set up your project in the video editing software of your choice. [Due Friday, April 6]
-Choose from Adobe Premiere, After Effects, iMovie, Flash, etc
-Set up dimension: big enough to show off your projects clearly (No bigger than 1920 x 1080 and no smaller than 720 x 480) Keep in mind that bigger the size can mean longer time to export the project into a video file.

-Suggested Sizes: 1920 x 1080, 1280 x 720, 10240 x 576, 853 x 480

Report your completion of STEP 3 here: https://goo.gl/forms/hj0dkH9PJgpUvWGl1


Step 4: Add Title Card - an information to identify who did the work and how to contact them
-Name
-Description
-Contact Info
-Example: Sam I Am, Green Eggs Reel, samiamgreen@drseuss.com

Step 5: Import your assets

Step 6: Arrange your assets into the timeline

Step 7: Adjust Timing

Step 8: Add Labels, Titles, Effects and Transitions (add music if desired)
-Label and Categorize your work (i.e. Photo Retouching, Before, After, Code provided by..., etc.)
-Add any effects that are going to help showcase your work effectively (i.e. Swipe Transition Effect + White Bar, Fade Transition Effect, etc.)
-Try to avoid using copyrighted music if you want to add music
-One of many free music resources: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary?feature=blog

Step 9: Final adjusting and polishing [Due Friday, April 13]
-Fix any last minute things to make your demo reel as perfect as you can
-Feel free to create more assets to show off and include them in your demo reel as time allows.

Step 10: Export Video [Due Wednesday, April 17]
-Plan in some time for the finished demo reel to export into a video file, the exporting time will depend on the size of your video, some may take a long time.

Step 11: Upload Video [Due Wednesday, April 17]

Upload your Demo Reel here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/SVHpWTKXomsMoDkRCP1C

Example Demo Reels

Visual Effects Reel: https://vimeo.com/groups/showreelsdemoreels/videos/205134259

Photo Retouching Reel: https://vimeo.com/168431685
Photo Restoration Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVS7L4BwQE
Multiple Category Demo Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbLEEHZXtqM
Photoshop Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGGc2Bu1XWQ
Visual Development Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdUlTDedTBc
Demo Reel on only one project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK1vPwJpl0U

Grading Rubric

	Excellent (10)	Good (8)	Near Passing (6)	Low Performing (4)
Length (10)	The demo reel is between 30 seconds to 2minutes and 30 seconds long.	The demo reel is 25-29 seconds long or 2 minutes and 31 seconds-3 minutes long.	The demo reel is 16-24 seconds or more than 3 minutes long.	The demo reel is less than 15 seconds long.
Quality (10)	The video begins with the very best quality work first and only shows the best works of the student.	The video shows the very best quality work later in the video instead of very beginning, among other best works of the student.	The video contains best work among with works of lesser quality, but all the works presented look complete.	The works presented in the video contain student’s works of different quality, including incomplete work.
Professionalism (10)	The video uses professional fonts, color schemes, and transitions. There are no spelling or grammatical errors. Any music or sound that is used are neutral and/or appropriate.	The video uses professional colors. The video uses non-professional fonts and transitions, may contain some spelling or grammatical errors, but the text is still readable. Any music or sound used are not neutral but not offensive.	The fonts used in the video are not readable or the color used in the video is not professional.	The video isn’t professional due to the offensive and/or inappropriate content or music.
Presentation (10)	The presentation impressively reflects the skills, experiences, and abilities of the artist by providing labels and informations and some process of the work.	The presentation reflects the skills, experiences, and abilities of the artist by providing labels and informations but show no process of the work.	The presentation provides no labels and information and process of work, but it is still able to reflect the skills, experiences, or abilities of the artist.	The presentation is slide show of images that does not reflect the skills, experiences, abilities or the process of the artist.
Engagement (10)	The video is free from distractions, it is appropriately paced and engaging.	The video has few distractions but mostly engaging.	The video is too slow that it is hard to stay engaged all the way through, or causes viewer to skip forward, or the video is too fast that the viewer has to play it again or pause it to see what is being played.	The video loses engagement within 10 seconds.
Title Cards (10)	The opening and ending title card contains full name, type of reel, contact information of the artist (i.e. email, phone number, blog address, or Linkedin address, etc).	The title cards are missing contact information, but contains full name and the type of reel.	The title card is missing the type of reel, but contains the full name.	The title card is missing the full name.