"Sorry, just lost my mind, just for a moment..... BUT THAT'S OKAY FOR ME!"

[a_leprechaun]

I want to be Steve Martin in the 80s when I grow up.

....that's a contradiction in terms, I know.

Anyway! Something new to squee about: Last week, I auditioned for another student film, a senior thesis. It's a vampire film, called "Curse of the Blood Ruby". And I got in, as the main girl. I get captured by a vampire and get to kill it. With a

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Re: 24 lies a second

[adampb]

I did not know Robert well personally, but I know he's got _some_ amount of experience under his belt. Heh. I do remember once hanging outside the football stadium with him after a long day of selling food to raise money for a film called "Outpost", and (he was a wee freshman at the time) just askin' him about what he was interested in doing in RTVF, and encouraging him to keep working on projects and making things happen. Glad to see people take my advice. :p

As for a reel: basically, yeah, just a bunch of scenes or scenelets back to back. Maybe a liiiittle intro montage if you've got the footage... (some actors try to turn their whole reel into a sort of flashy 'music video', which is clear proof that they have no good scenes to show.) No longer than three-four minutes. As for format, simple is best: your name and contact info at the beginning and end, clips in the middle, and maybe caption the clips as they come up (e.g. "Pat Gets a Cat, Northwestern University"). Lead off with your strongest material, and of course pick scenes that focus on you; minimal context, maximal you-presence. Variety is good, and ideally you will be able to pick scenes that lead off showing you--you wouldn't want to begin your reel with a closeup of some random guy.

Honestly, you can probably get an idea just by looking at other actor demo reels and seeing what works and what doesn't. (Google, maybe YouTube search?) When the time comes I would be happy to provide my video editing skillz--but then it occurs to me that you could probably do it yourself with iMovie, a good eye and a spare half-hour.