This week we have been asked to look at animated show reels and analysis them on what is appropriate and unsuitable to show in them before we show them to potential employer in the Industry.
Example 1 – Rebecca Reynolds
I first looked at a storyboard artist / revisionist Rebecca Reynolds. I found this most recent showreel of their personal work. I found it on her ArtStation account https://www.artstation.com/brobexx. They have worked as a storyboard artist with Studio Meala on related properties and advertisements. Another studio they have worked with Boulder Media providing backgrounds and props for series and short films. With 8 years of experience they have good knowledge of the industry pipeline.
This is a good example of a show reel as is clean and edited well together. Theres a wide range of different shots and scenes which shows off character acting, different camera shot, backgrounds and perspective. This showreel shows off her storyboard and animatic skills which she specialises in in the industry. It mostly their personal work with different video game properties showing they can draw different characters. The video is a good length and isn’t too short or long. The clips aren’t too fast and you can tell whats going. It grabs your attention and keeps me interested. Its got a clear starting title and ending card with the artists name, what type of reel, what year they were made, email and contact information.
Example 2 – Patrycja Cmak
For my next example I looked at Patrycja Cmak who is a visual artist and animator. She specialises in visual development art, character design and character animation. I found this showreel on their portfolio https://paticmak.portfoliobox.net/showreel. She is a bachelor of animation at The Animation Workshop. She has worked for on character design for the “Rebirth” project by Juice and an animator for “Catsaway” by the same company. They were also director for the “Wolf 359 Trailer” project based on a podcast.
This showreel shows off the finished animations and also the process with rough animatics. I love this as it shows off their process. It gives a range of studio and personal work, it shows off their ability to animate in different styles in 2D and 3D. The reel has a good number of different projects and shows off their best work. It’s not too long and theres just enough information for employers to see what she’s capable of. Theres a title card with her name and what year the showreel was made, also at the end it has her contact information. The showreel is very well edited and its very simple with clear information.