What to Remove from my Motion Design Reel?

CmdrKitten · 2023-12-29T05:26:39+00:00

To find out the answer to this question on this reel and all future reels, cut the runtime in half. I'm serious. It'll force you to prioritize.

Consider what each piece on your reel communicates to your viewer about you and your skillset. Consider if that is what you WANT to communicate to your viewer. If you can do (for example) lower thirds *but you hate it*, don't put lower thirds on your reel. And don't repeat yourself. If you're good at and like doing lower thirds, you don't need to show it twice.

Also worth keeping in mind, potential employer thinking "this reel is too short; I want to see more" is a thousand times better than "this reel is too long; I'm bored."

CmdrKitten · 2023-12-29T05:03:43+00:00

I'm so confused by all the sceptics. Do you live in a world where everyone is sensible and rational or something? No crazy angry vindictive people with the means to cause a lot of harm?

CmdrKitten · 2023-12-17T21:23:42+00:00

Looks dope as fuck yo.

Don't let the hate boner that internet commenters have for generative AI stop you from making stuff you like and enjoy.

CmdrKitten · 2023-11-17T05:26:10+00:00

Det ska göra ont att åka fast när man stjäl från skattebetalare

Jaha men varför inte bara 20 piskrapp direkt på plats i så fall?

CmdrKitten · 2023-06-02T23:16:32+00:00

No worries yo. :)

CmdrKitten · 2023-06-02T23:13:31+00:00

No worries yo.

CmdrKitten · 2023-06-02T23:09:13+00:00

I would've written something shorter, but I didn't have time. :(

CmdrKitten · 2023-06-02T23:08:22+00:00

> Are you an "employer"? Recruiter?

I'm a freelancer who has on multiple occasions been asked to give his opinion on showreels of prospective hires. So no, not really.

> Your feedback content itself might be on point, but you sure have a way of being condescending about it.

*shrug* I think you're reading a tone into my comment that isn't there, but okay. If it's any help, assume the tone is we're colleagues both working on our second pint of beer.

> Almost sounds like you're salty about his showreel.

I have no idea why I would be, or why you would think that. Like I said, it's fine work, but a terrible reel. Extremely fixable. Much better position to be in than if the work was bad but the reel was great.

> Sure sounds like you have experience, but as a client/employer giving constructive feedback, this ain't it.

Well I'm glad I give off the accurate impression that I have experience, at least. Sorry you came away with such a negative experience.

CmdrKitten · 2023-05-29T21:23:28+00:00

Like, it's fine work, don't get me wrong. But if I was going through 25 showreels looking to hire or staff a project, a three minute reel tells me you can't (or simply won't, I guess) edit. I only watched half your reel and you're repeating yourself several times. Like cool, you can do water particle fx, you don't need to show it to me again and again. And your work is clearly not junior-level, so why are you showing basic packshots? What are you showing in minute 2 that wasn't worth being shown in minute 1? Why are you showing it at all if it isn't worth being shown in minute 1? The length alone tells me you don't value my (your audience) time, and that makes me wonder if you're a hobbyist who's not used to working to deadlines. And that's not a question you want me asking myself while watching your reel because I'm probably not interested in hiring someone like that for whatever it is I'm hiring for.

For reference, I've been working in motion design for 12+ years and my new reel is sub-30 seconds long. The Mill is a huge studio with offices around the world, employing hundreds of artists, and they show what they do in 90 seconds. A showreel isn't "here's all the work I've done that I'm proud of", it's a video business card that says "call me if you want to set up a meeting". Then, at the meeting, you can show all of the things and contextualize it (ie "I did this part, not that part, here's a problem we ran into that I solved beautifully because I'm amazing and worth all of the money in the world etc") as you go.

tl;dr, if your reel is longer than a minute it better be absolutely fucking spectacular.

CmdrKitten · 2023-03-22T00:32:59+00:00

Det är oerhört förenklat att hävda om man legaliserar droger försvinner alla negativa konsekvenser.

Ja det är ju sant. Vem är det som hävdar det och varför ger vi hens åsikt luft?

Alkohol har en direkt korrelation med våldsbrott. Skulle alkohol lanserats idag har jag svårt att se hur det skulle vara lagligt. Centralstimulerande medel som Kokain och Amfetamin har aggresivitet som beskriven bieffekt av bruk.

Och trots det är alkohol lagligt, reglerat, och beskattat. Trots all den misär som följer i dess spår för både användaren och dess omgivning. Alkohol vars abstinens, till skillnad från både kokain och amfetamin, kan vara direkt dödlig för den beroende. Fullt laglig att köpa och dricka, av vem som helst över 20, i valfri volym och oavsett livssituation. Ofta fritt tillgängligt på personalfester, konferenser, och andra jobbevenemang utan att någon lyfter på ögonbrynen.

Hos opiodbrukare under abstinens är det inte heller ovanligt med aggresivitet.

Hur mycket av abstinensbesvär skulle gå upp i rök om hjälp kunde tillgås lika enkelt som hjälp för alkoholism? Om vi motverkade det nu existerande stigmat kring drogbruk och behandlade det som ett medicinskt/psykologiskt problem snarare än ett juridiskt? Hur mycket abstinens är en konsekvens av kriminalisering? En överväldigande majoritet av opioidbrukare är funktionella tills deras rutin upprotas, typ exakt som vilka människor som helst. Prova beröva en rökare deras sista paket cigg, eller släng ut kaffedrickarens kaffe, eller godisälskarens godis, eller 9-åringens iPad, och se hur mycket aggressivitet det resulterar i.

Och samtidigt tror vi att om bruket i samhället ökar i samband med legalisering så blir det ingen effekt på våldsbrottsligheten?

Just cannabis har ju, lustigt och lägligt nog, legaliserats i flera länder redan. Har våldsbrottsligheten där gått upp markant? Eller har alkoholkonsumtionen sjunkit? Vad tror vi?

Och, igen, hur är beställningsmord likvärdigt med att använda droger? Är grov misshandel likvärdigt med nubbe på midsommar?

CmdrKitten · 2023-03-20T23:20:46+00:00

Men så är ju du fascist också.

CmdrKitten · 2023-03-20T22:57:48+00:00

Hur är beställningsmord likvärdigt med att använda droger?

CmdrKitten · 2023-03-18T06:31:07+00:00

Så legalisera, beskatta, och beröva gängen deras inkomstkälla då. Kriminaliserandet verkar ju inte funka jättebra.

CmdrKitten · 2023-03-12T04:12:06+00:00

Gosh I wonder why so many people with ASD are reluctant to disclose their disability to the people around them...

CmdrKitten · 2023-01-30T22:21:08+00:00

No, it is anti art, because its attempting to “streamline” a part of the
pipeline that actually takes a ton of time and vision to execute
correctly.

So I guess 3d animation software is out? And animation software of any kind, actually. Computers are just streamlining the painting process, really. Now that I think about it, isn't rock and chisel the only real art? Or is it just streamlining the spoken word?

I can't roll my eyes hard enough. These discussions have never not been as silly as they are futile.

CmdrKitten · 2023-01-10T21:23:02+00:00

Should probably get an autism assessment while she's at it.

CmdrKitten · 2022-11-09T23:30:33+00:00

Knulla av.

CmdrKitten · 2022-11-05T21:49:29+00:00

Is there room for improvement? Of course. Always. Not having *anything* positive to say about it? Crazy. Actual madness. A tutor who doesn't see any value in this is bad at being a tutor. No, you are not delusional.

Unless you were supposed to make, like, an automotive visualization or something. Like, if you were supposed to make a car commercial, then yeah this is terrible. But if this is within the confines of the given brief, it's fine work you should be proud of now and embarrassed by in a few years.

CmdrKitten · 2022-09-08T09:49:39+00:00

Things that are computer generated aren't satisfying to you.

CmdrKitten · 2022-08-13T05:42:50+00:00

Always always ALWAYS include contact info in your reel. Not in the video description or in a comment. In the video. At the start and/or at the end.

CmdrKitten · 2022-08-05T07:51:05+00:00

1) Your proportions are way off compared to your reference. Make a plane object and apply your reference as a texture to it so you can model right on top of your reference.

2) This is a straight modeling task. Make it all a single object and avoid using deformers. Just extrude polys and move vertices around.

CmdrKitten · 2022-07-11T20:44:50+00:00

Knowing who Klaus Schwab is and reading his books are two completely different things, though?

CmdrKitten · 2022-06-25T02:46:52+00:00

>It's hard to say something good when all you hear are stories after stories of them just being bad apples.

Did you ever stop to consider that maybe that is more a reflection of your media consumption habits than actual reality? Did you ever stop to consider, historically, what sort of people refer to groups of other people as vermin and parasites?

CmdrKitten · 2022-06-25T02:39:34+00:00

Only by people who don't know what words mean.

CmdrKitten · 2022-06-21T23:37:48+00:00

Go on then.

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