In this week’s Ask an Expert, demo reel expert Retta Putignano tells you the truth about including background work in your reel.

What do you think of services that help actors create demo reels? What do you look for in a demo reel? When do you view them and what makes the difference?

The best demo reels focus on what makes a speaker unforgettable: the experience they provide.

A pro demo reel is an animator’s gateway to a successful career. A poor one shuts the door on dream jobs. But what makes the difference between quality and sloppiness? In a pair of insightful ...

Demo Reel Clips Ruled Fair Use in Director’s Suit Against Actress An actress using clips from an unreleased movie for her acting reel is transformative and doesn't harm the market for that film ...

Cicospace launches keynote speaker development & coaching with Eric Termuende, uniting strategy and demo reels for keynote ...

Demo reels are an invaluable tool for impressing one’s skills on potential employers. Rarely do they find a much wider audience than that. Mònica Eggert ’s new character animation reel is the ...

Director Robin Bain is suing an actress from her 2016 film Nowhereland, alleging the actress used clips from the project on her demo reel without permission.

Director Wes Ball shows off a nine minute demo reel of the Mouse Guard movie. Based on the Eisner award winning comic series of the same name, Mouse Guard was supposed to be “Game of Thrones ...

For 3D artists looking to display their work online, the web poses one big problem: It’s in 2D. For most designers, the solution to this problem has been the demo reel, an unsavory but necessary ...