Acting Reel Tips to Make Your Own Demo Reel
important thing is to make sure your slate stays on screen long enough for people to write it down (4-5 seconds if it only includes your name and number, longer if you have more information, like your acting agency’s name or your webpage’s address). And also make sure you put in the same information at the end of your acting reel. That’s the time people are going to write it down… after seeing your best onscreen acting!
Which leads me to the next point…
Acting Reel Tip #4 – Keep the best for last
If you’re wandering in what order to include your film scenes on your reel, here’s my advice… Choose a really good scene to start off your demo reel (so busy casting directors keep watching) and pick your best scene to end the reel (so that casting directors pick up the phone to call you). Once you have your first and last scenes, filling
