First ever showreel!

[sophiesocks]

Hi! I spent ages last night working out how to put together a showreel for my ds, I was wondering if you could have a look at it and let me know what you think, i think it is probably a bit too jerky in places and there are one or two shots with other people in i need to try to get rid of, but I am only just getting to grips with iMovie! Thank you in advance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6SncTCa ... e=youtu.be

[sophiesocks]

So is no one commenting because it is so fabulous or because it is so bad they don't know where to start!

[tikto]

Hi, I'm no expert at showreels but it looks great to me, you have a fab little actor! And you must be an amazing woman to be able to learn how to put it together in one night and do such a great job with it too. It's a yes from me

[sophiesocks]

Thank you tikto I really appreciate the feedback I have to confess I quite enjoyed putting it together! 1 down 2 more to go, as my other 2 children want to know where there's are!!

[francescasmum]

Hi sophiesocks, it's great. How did you do it? I would like to make a compilation of my dd's stuff but don't know where to start. Can you put banners in to say what they are and when, and can you put still photographs in?

[sophiesocks]

Yes there is a text section where you can drag text on to the film, I just wanted to keep it short, it started off at about 7 minutes! It was tricky to start with but after a bit of practice it became more simple, I am sure I still have a lot to learn though. I imagine cutting down to 2 1/2 minutes of Francesca's best bits would be almost impossible as she has done lots of really great stuff

[sapphire]

I am very impressed! DD keeps meaning to try and put together a show reel for herself but school work keeps getting in the way. i would have NO idea of how to start on something like that

[riverdancefan]

really impressed and it has given me a rocket up the nether regions to get one sorted for DS - well done !!!

[francescasmum]

How do you take a little piece out of a film, that's what I don't understand?

[charlotterose]

Wow, its a great showreel. I've been trying to get mine together for weeks now but keep coming across problems.

How do you take a little piece out of a film, that's what I don't understand?

I'm wondering that too actually. Startyed a thred but go reply. Can anyone help please?

[Panda]

Hi Sophiesocks - what a brilliant little actor, you must be really proud of him Sure he is going to get more and more jobs in the future

I can only give a lay persons opinion, if I was to comment on anything maybe his name at the beginning and some stills to show versatility? Also, would def suggest you break up the bits by giving the film/programme names as it was sometimes a bit hard to work out if the clip following belonged to the previous one etc. But no criticism, well done for having a go.

I did one for DS1 and DS2 in the Autumn on Windows Live Movie Maker using stills format first then clips. I did each one in about 2-3 hours, its easy to use and the best thing is you can easily add and delete things so just 2 days ago I removed all his June 2011 pics and replaced them with new ones for 2012. It was shocking how much he had grown in the last 6 months as well!

For people asking, you can download relevant clips of work off Youtube then you on Windows Movie Maker can use the Split button to chop the video into segments then stick back together ie. if child appears in first 10 seconds, then not in next 30, then in last 10 you can split it into three (10s, 30s,10s) and then dump the middle bit. You just have to be a bit careful about sticking them together so they run smoothly! You can also add captions and for pics decide on how long you want the pic to be displayed for. You can also take stills from the movies which look really good (and something I need to get round to for mine!).

You have to be careful if adding music, the example below is my fun one not for commercial use, for the one for the agent and Spotlight I bought a music reel for about £8 which then give you permission to copy it. Its a bit like Supermarket music but it is ok!!

http://vimeo.com/34776049

Also open to any comments!

[sophiesocks]

i really enjoyed the showreel, reuben is so cute, what was he talking about in the last clip!!

[Panda]

Lololol - it was "Guess the Gift" and it was a Video Camcorder

[barney]

Sophiesocks, your showreel is fab, and panda yours is too, think your both really clever.

[bruno2]

Oh ds is such a lovely little actor and so natural. Both of you deserve a big clap Love the showreel very good indeed.