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Demo Reel Facts

Making a reel? You NEED to read this.

If your Demo Reel isn’t speaking the language of BREAKDOWN - you’re not serving your audience. That’s the bottom line in all the nasty Reels I see: the editor didn’t understand the language of Casting. A Reel is not simply a sequential compilation of your scenes - it’s a trailer of Casting Hits. Hits are the language of Casting Breakdowns and Hits are the language of Casting Directors (CDs). And they should be the language of your Demo Reel as well. »More...