HOW WE WORK
EDITING YOUR SHOWREEL
At Actorshowreels we will take the time that is necessary to carefully sift through all of your material, in order to select the footage that is going to work best for you in the context of a showreel. Once the scenes have been selected, some of them may need to be re-edited. We will do this if we feel that a scene re-edit will ultimately serve you and your showreel better. We will aim to feature you as much as possible - concentrating on your screen time and dialogue. We may cut down on dialogue from other characters in your material as long as it doesn't interrupt the dramatic flow of the scene. Occasionally, we will radically re-edit an entire original scene in order to benefit you as much as possible.
We decide on a running order of scenes and which scene should come first. This is an important stage and is designed to maximize the impact your showreel will make on a first viewing - first impressions count. A short montage may be added to your reel, if we feel that it is appropriate. The showreel should move fluidly and be compact. Every scene/shot should be selected for a purpose and we try not to repeat ourselves.
If some of your footage is not of the highest quality, there are a number of post production editing techniques that we will apply at Actorshowreels to ensure that the final output of your showreel is rendered to the highest quality. For example, your original footage may be too dark, or too grainy (as is often the case with vhs footage), or it may require some colour correction.
The video above illustrates how some of these editing techniques can be applied.
We may also re-edit the audio in your footage if we feel that it is necessary. In some instances, it may be appropriate to add a soundtrack to the scene material. A well chosen soundtrack can often help to enhance certain types of material once they have been placed in a showreel.
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