"What Makes a Good Reel?"

This is the reel that I was the most impress with. I think that the director does a great job of makeing the shots with large landscape in them look very cinematic. The music is a perfect choice for this. There are also some good examples in the reel of shallow depth of field. I think that this reel shows that this director is good at film serious dramatic films. It does a great job of showing what this particular director is good at. That is something that I believe is very important to acomplish when makeing a reel.http://nicholasbentgen.com/reel.htm

Here is another great example of a reel. This editor is very talented.



Although I loved the opening shot and there were some other great shots in this next reel, it is the one I have to pick as my bad reel. The reason is the sudden and abrupt change is music throughout the reel especially the first change. http://www.planetpoint.com/jackmessitt/jack1.html

Since that link is not working, here is another reel that I was not really impressed with. I thought that all the shots in this one were great but this reel does not really show any variety.Its mostly just close ups of random objects.