Showreels / PortfoliosCreative Platforms

What is a Showreel/Portfolio?

Why have one?

What to put in it

PLAN OF ACTION OVER NEXT WEEK

This Session

What is a Showreel/Portfolio?

This is used for the best representation of your capabilities to a potential employer/client.

Can take many forms - DVD/VHS/Website/Printed/Packaging/

GOOD TO COVER AS MANY AS POSSIBLE

Why have a Showreel/Portfolio?

Demonstrates concrete proof of skills and learning

Provides an opportunity for creative self-expression

Essential tool for organising your work

Why have a Showreel/Portfolio?

As a marketing and self-promotional tool for job seekers to use in interviews or for the self-employed to present to a prospective client

As a tool for students to track and record their learning experiences, to identify transferable skills, and to use for job search while in at University and after graduation

The importance of having a portfolio of work in the creative industries

Do what you love & love what you do

Putting a portfolio of work together should not be a chore. It shows your commitment to your intended industry and informs the viewer that you love what you do.

It fuels you. It makes you who you are.

Care & attention to detail are vital.

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The importance of having a portfolio of work in the creative industries

- Building up a body of work should be part of your exploration into your discipline

- Ideally work done outside of modules - the extra %

- Collaborate with other disciplines (work with Music/Sound student, games, animation, web, film etc)

- Seek work experience / enter awards etc

Showreels - What to put in them?

Start and finish with strong pieces of work

Group work according to subject and content

Place the most relevant work to date

Ensure work is carefully presented - industry standard

Showreels - What to put in them?

Present a consistent feel to the presentation

Quality is more important than Quantity

No more than 10-20 pieces / 5-10 films

Should demonstrate your range of skills

Showreels - What to put in them?

Preliminary sketches can be included to demonstrate the design, film etc processes as employers would want you to talk through with them particular pieces.

Alternative ideas can be included to show versatility.

Showreels - What to put in them?

FILM / VIDEO / ANIMATION WORK

No more than 5-10 mins length.

Looking for creative talent and ideas.

A good chunk of film as well as short trailer at the start.

Check with companyor job advert

re Format

Showreels - What to put in them?FILM / VIDEO / ANIMATION WORKBest work.Beginning of showreel is very important as you need to capture attention within 30 secs before they press the eject/stop/quit button.Remember titles including your name/logo important!Soundtrack - copyright FREE - Vimeo Music Store Film Titles/Your Role

https://vimeo.com/musicstore

Buy domain name GET YOUR WORK ON A WEBSITE

Showreels - What to put in them?WEB / Multi-Media / Digital

Best work - quality over quantity

Must be online and live - good url (domain name)

Range of skills on show - web, animation, games, sound

Consistent design

Relevant work for industry - high standard - live projectsBuy domain name GET YOUR WORK ON A WEBSITE

Showreels/Portfolio - InterviewFILM / VIDEO / ANIMATION WORK / WEB / DIGITAL

Start and finish with strong pieces of work

Be prepared to talk about your influences and inspirations.

Be prepared to explain how you went about creating a piece of work.

Before you do anything

RESEARCH YOUR INDUSTRYWhat skills are they looking for?

What format do they want to see you work in?

CAN YOU DELIVER THIS?Quality over Quantity

http://jackdaly.me/

http://www.jamesleighfield.com/

http://www.lidiyafatiny.co/

http://builtbybuffalo.com/

http://carolinegachathi.co.uk/

http://www.lawrencefish.co.uk/ http://www.chrishowesfilms.co.uk/

http://www.anarfifilms.co.uk/

http://alanparker.com/http://londonfilmproducer.com/

http://www.michaelchance.com/ http://miikkaleskinen.com/

Show Vimeo channel

https://vimeo.com/channels/666660

Domain NameImportant to buy your name - .com / .co.ukLooks professional - on business cards / CVS

Your email address should then be:info@yourname.com - make sure to check that they offer the email as some domain registrations do not!

look on namedomain.co.uk etc - you can forwardyour domain name to tumblr or another portfolio site

Website

Ideally all of you should have a website - whatever discipline in the creative industries

landing page / embed content from other sources - vimeo, you tube

You could create another page in tumblr or . .

Website

as mentioned previously stay away from WIX, Weebly and Google Sites - bad interface, advertising and NOT professional enough!

Online Portfolio Links

http://www.behance.net/http://www.coroflot.com/

http://carbonmade.com/

http://www.creativehotlist.com/

http://www.flickr.com/

http://www.agoodportfolio.com/http://www.indexhibit.org/

http://subfolio.com/

http://dribbble.com/

http://www.viewbook.com/

http://shownd.com/

http://www.dripbook.com/

http://www.portfoliobox.net/

http://www.tumblr.com/

http://dropr.com/

http://imcreator.com/

http://www.krop.com/online-portfolio-templates/

http://format.com/

http://themecloud.co/

go to blogfor free codes

http://www.slideshare.net/equatoragency/the-creative-cv-guide

REMEMBER TOuse social media in your campaign to gain employment

hit as many platforms as possible - make sure they areall linked and work together

have a consistent look

check out image sizes as they are all different - square - vimeo/twitterrectangle and square - you tube etc

design your logo to work in a square or circle!Do not use initials in your logo.

Throughout the year I will be giving you feedback via your blogs.

Please make sure that your blog enables comments for EACH POST!

Send CV to me if you havent already

Should by now have joined the unit blog and started your own blog - email me url.

Start to collate your best work to show on your blog

Make contacts in the industry

Get social media accounts and Vimeo + You Tube

Buy domain name and set up email

Work to do

REMEMBER TO DOCUMENTyour processes

See blog for examples

CREATIVE PLATFORMS - ACTION /CHECK LISTPlease send me a copy of your CV. This will need to be constantly updated/perfected throughout the yearACTION ONGOING

TO PUT IN BLOGTO PUT IN BLOGIn-depth research of industry - job prospects / roles / skills needed etc

Samples of your work

Evidence of feedback from industry - try to get contacts

Skills and Strengths

Development of work - CV

Screengrabs - video and or stills of work in progress

SWOT Analysis - see samples in handbook

Development of work - Business Cards

Development of work - Showreels - website / video / print (whatever your industry wants to see)

Idea Production and Processes for all elements

Sketches and Concepts

Mock-Ups

Evidence of Testing

Consistent appearance with all elements

Professional presentation of work

Software Analysis

Blog - Regular updating - look on blog for examples of other student blogs

Checklist of what to put in bloggiven out last lecture.

Make sure you know what to include.

CVs

Pleased with some of them - made an effort to update and relevant industry experience mentioned and given priority.

Still have a quite a lot left with my feedback.

Please come to next drop-in session to pick these up.

INDUSTRY GUEST TALKS SCHEDULE20th Oct 10-12pm EW 1.10 - Emma Pounds - Film Producer - CHECK email TBC2nd Nov - Built by Buffalo (web/graphics/design/tech) - Confirmed16th Nov - Graphic Design House - Confirmed30th Nov - Helicopter Girls (drones) - Confirmed14th Dec - SI Digital (web, apps, tech) - ConfirmedNew Year - Matt Dunkinson (docs, photography) / Superrb (web, design, tech), Yes Creative?