Animation Showreel 2012 - Critique please

[peterletten]

Studio/Institution: Virtual Ideas
Genre: Other
Software: 3ds max, Vray, After Effects, Photoshop
Description:

Hi there,

 

I'd love to get some feedback on my personal showreel I recently put together:

 

http://vimeo.com/peterletten/showreel

password: cgarch

 

Its all work from the past 5 years that I did during my previous employment as Project & Team Lead and Senior Artist at a Arch Viz company here in Sydney.

 

I'm specifically looking for feedback on the edit, timing, flow.... and the music! had some very mixed responses. It was meant to be a bit tongue in cheek but may have missed the mark.

 

Thanks

[RyderSK]

Well, the music got on my nerves in 20 seconds, I surely advice against ;- ).

 

I would also make it somehow shorter, lot of shots are too similiar and get repetitive fast. I would also cut away shots which feature 3D people too up-close, those are not a good sight.

 

Generally good work

[John Dollus]

I agree with Juraj. Specifically, the music choice comes across as a bad decision instead of being tongue in cheek. Show your sense of humor more in an interview or cover letter but not in a demo reel that you want people to take seriously.

I'd also suggest adding in a breakdown section indicating what your contribution was to each shot (see editing note above about using fewer shots). From the reel, I can't tell if you did everything yourself or if you just placed the trees, ya know?

[Justin Hunt]

Some really good work there, agree with the other comments. Maybe too much residential?

 

Jhv

[peterletten]

Ha. Alright, the music is gone! I had some fairly luke warm responses amongst friends as well. Will also cut it down some more.

 

Can anyone suggest some sites/forums with a broad selection of decent showreels? They dont seem to feature so heavily on here.

 

Thanks

[Tommy L]

I actually quite like the music, nice and up-beat without being heavy. I also greatly admire your work. It is long for a reel, but dont cut too much as there aree not really any weak shots in there.

[Nic H]

I agree with whats been said.

 

It needs a minute or more cut out of it (too much repetition of the same looking stuff) and the music is awful im afraid.

Personally I would remove the shots with the robot 3D people in the foreground.

 

The work looks to be of a very high quality overall.

[peterletten]

Ok chaps. Comments taken on board. Music has been brought into this century and theres been an aggressive cull of over a minutes footage.

Timing prob not quite finessed but would be great to get any other feedback. Thanks:

 

http://vimeo.com/peterletten/showreel2

password: cgarch

[heni30]

Some of those sped up shifts to a different scene create a distracting nervous energy.

 

I agree paring it it down 30 -40% would make it much more effective. When you come to a nice shot that grabs people, repetition or following it with something ordinary dilutes the initial effect. I kinda like the music genre but you might be able to find a track with a softer edge. But then agian, I feel it's more appropriate for urban stuff and not so much for residential - maybe you could have 2 different styles that compliment the work being shown?