Demo Reel with Adobe Premiere: Create an Impactful Portfolio

A demo reel is far more than just a portfolio. It is a creative display window for your work where you can also showcase your experiences, personality, abilities, and even ambitions in a dynamic and captivating way. Video editor Thomaz Bastos, who's worked with brands like Red Bull, Converse, and HP, specializes in telling artistically gripping stories by creating fluid yet dynamic professional films.

In this course, learn to make your own demo reel to promote your work with maximum impact. Create a film about your professional career in Adobe Premiere and let Thomaz guide you through the steps to add a soundtrack, sound effects, cuts, and other available tools to produce an artistic piece capable of attracting future clients.

Start off the course hearing about Thomaz Bastos' career as a film editor and his biggest influences and sources of inspiration including artists, films, and literary works.

Discover what a demo reel is and what it can do for your career or business. Jump right into the preproduction process collecting reference materials, looking for inspiration, and defining a concept to use as the template for your narrative. Immerse yourself in the the mood of your piece by choosing the perfect soundtrack.

Now it's time to get to work organizing your project in Adobe Premiere. Thomaz shows you how to work with your soundtrack and apply sound effects. He also gives you tips on cutting your scenes to make your piece as dynamic and evocative as possible.

Wrap up the course learning to add the final touches to your video such as graphic elements. Then export your demo reel according to your needs and finally, see some of the best ways to share your work on major platforms like Vimeo, Behance, and Adobe Portfolio.

Create a demo reel to showcase your work using Adobe Premiere and editing techniques to give your piece personality and atmosphere.

Editors, photographers, directors, and anyone interested in creating a demo reel to showcase their own work of that of a client.

Basic knowledge of Adobe Premiere is necessary for this course along with a strong desire to explore this creative process and all it has to offer.

In terms of materials, all you need is a computer with access to the software.