Reel making tips

Funny and true list of things to consider when building your reel, found via the 11secondclub blog. Head over there for the full list:

5. This is the most important thing in this list. Everything you ever animate, ever, needs to be entertaining. If it's not, stop what you are doing, right away. Unless you are learning a principle, or its a school lesson, STOP NOW. Or unless you are entering some odd film competition, that 95 ppl out of 100 would want to punch you and the films watched in the face. STOP. If you don't know what's entertaining, or how to make a shot entertaining, STOP, ask everyone you know to look at your work and what you can do to inject entertainment into it. If you still don't know, STOP, watch every movie you can. If you still don't, STOP, rethink your career. All humans watch t.v, cartoons, movies and play video games with one purpose and only one purpose, TO BE ENTERTAINED.

iAnimate.net 2011 show reel

Nice work and cool lighting!

iAnimate.net 2011 show reel from iAnimate on Vimeo.

Free Reel Review by Reel Feedback

Here's a message from reelfeedback's Hans Brekke:

We got a cool event for animation students next month in Emeryville. We're having a free reel review where students can bring their reels and get feedback. Its on Dec 15th from 7 -10 pm. We're having it at Lanesplitters so students can have some pizza and hang out.

Here is a link to the event site:
http://www.reelfeedback.com/december11event/

Sweet!

Magic by Sam Verschraegen

This was unfortunately a late entry for the 100 frame contest but it's great and wanted to post it anyway!

Magic from Sam Verschraegen on Vimeo.

Rio animation reel by Julen Santiago

Thanks Christian for the tip!

Rio animation reel from Julen Santiago on Vimeo.

Halo Reach - Reel by Tom Saville

Thanks Le Roy for the tip! Read about it on Tom Saville's blog.

Reelbarrow - Reel Animation Inspiration

If you head over to reelbarrow.com you get a list of tons of awesome animation reels you can check out.

Emanuele Pavarotti comparison reels

Head over to Brendan Body's blog for more clips like these (by Emanuele Pavarotti):

wlf from Emanuele Pavarotti on Vimeo.

toastieee from Emanuele Pavarotti on Vimeo.

Thanks Le Roy for the tip!