100 ways to get your demoreel rejected. A must read.

Filed Under Demo/Show Reels, CGQ Job Board, Studio Guidelines

I just threw away 147 demo reels. Why? Let’s be honest here. Because they sucked. I’m not saying this to be mean. It’s the truth. And I also don’t particularly like spending hours looking at demo reels that suck. I’d much rather look at good ones. Years ago, like four or five, demo reels used to be generally decent looking. They weren’t all gems by any means, but you had a pretty good spread of good ones, bad ones, in-between ones, and a few that kicked ass. In the last couple of years that ratio has been completely whacked out of all proportion. Out of 154 demo reels I tossed 147. Seven (7) were worth keeping. That’s about 5% or so.
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