Showreel Examples

Below are a few showreel examples that I referred to as I was putting mine together (Aside from the advice/guide videos that were provided on the eStudio that is).

Madhura Keiji decided to include most if not all of his works for his first year showreel, while some works are indeed impressive, it seems a little unnecessary for him to include everything that he has. Still, a lot of thought was definitely put into how this showreel was presented (Especially for the opening and closing) and in some of the stills that were shown. As suggested in the comment section, if he simply focused more on the absolute best works he had, it would be a near perfect showreel.

All of his contact details are provided at the very end, including his emails and phone number, as well as what software he used for the examples that were shown in the showreel.

Tony Moore's incredibly impressive reel lasts only around a minute, but is still able to create a strong enough impression on the audience. Clearly, he has only picked out the very best bits and if possible, tries to give some variety in that one area the showreel is focusing on (Some live action was actually shown in there. 

Helpful and precise information was also shown throughout, such as his contact details at the beginning and end, and briefly what each animation was actually about (And what it was exactly that he had worked on in that scene).

Gemma Robert's showreel focuses on a wide variety of 2D hand drawn character animations, clips are split up and spread out throughout instead of being shown as one entire thing (Something that I myself have also done while editting). Animation tests are also included alongside more finished products (Something which I was afraid about including in my own showreel). It is a tiny bit lengthy, but the amazing variety and quality works clearly make up for that and will most definitely impress anyone that views it.

Despite how I would place all my still works in my portfolio, I was curious about how they would be presented in a showreel. And so I decided to look up examples on those two aside form animation showreels. 

Soumyadip Sarkar's showreel focuses on character design, concept art, storyboards, comics and  strangely enough clay sculptures(And even shows both coloured and uncoloured versions for some of his works). It was a little too lengthy and a lot of examples were given, but it is understandable to include more content for a showreel focusing on still images as compared to one focusing on animation. It looks to me as if he is including every area he specialises in for this showreel instead of just one.

Gareth Jones seems to take his storyboard showreel a step further and makes use of some camera animation for single frames and simply makes everything else into animatics. He seems to also show only some of the more outstanding scenes from these storyboards instead of simply showing the entire thing. Even a single frame from a storyboard can be presented if there are some interesting shooting details placed alongside it.