Introduction to VFX for Cinema
How to make your reel?
A course by Carolina Jiménez García , Layout artist at VFX
Joined June 2017
About the video: How to make your reel?
Overview
“A demo reel is fundamental for any audiovisual artist. We must be able to show our qualities, skills and jobs to those who can give us our next job opportunities. We will see what it is, how it is done and what is important to take into account. ”
In this video lesson Carolina Jiménez García addresses the topic: How to make your reel?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to VFX for Cinema. Discover the workflows and complete range of effects for audiovisual productions.
Partial transcription of the video
“We are going to give you now very fast advice on how to make a "demo reel". Let's do it while we see my last demo reel that, although it's a bit outdated because I have not had nor much time nor need to update it, but you can serve as an example. The first thing I would ask is not to make it too long, make it about two or three minutes, keep in mind that many studios receive many demo reels you see the first few seconds and if you do not like them move on to the next one. So try to make it short and always put the good at the beginning, that's very important. Do not put everything you have,...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to VFX for Cinema
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Category
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Areas
3D Animation, 3D Modeling, Animation, Audiovisual Post-production, Character Animation, Film, Film, Video & TV, Photography Post-production, VFX, Video Editing

Carolina Jiménez García
A course by Carolina Jiménez García
Carolina Jiménez has more than a decade of experience as a layout artist for VFX. His work has taken him to countries such as Australia, New Zealand or the United Kingdom and he has participated in major international film productions such as World War Z , Star Trek Beyond , the trilogy of The Hobbit , Antman and the Wasp , The Justice League , The Planet of the Apes 2 , Prometheus , Megalodon , The League of Justice or Power Rangers . He currently lives in Vancouver (Canada), where he works as Layout artist in Scanline VFX.
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