Advice on Acting Demo Reel

Demo Reel Requirements:

• 1-2 minutes of footage
• 20-30 sec clips
• Put it somewhere — so that if someone asks for it, you can give it to them right away.
• Your website, IMDB, Backstage, Actors Access, Youtube

Don’t have projects? Some options to get together your reel/“portfolio”:

• get your acting friends (or just you and sarah) together and write, film, edit, and finish a short film
• [ethan idea] single location, single scene (like the new yorker featured work friends at lunch on a bench film)
• everyone gets footage for their reel
• shoot a self-tape audition
• recommendation: have a scene partner/reader so the viewer gets a sense of how you react to another actor’s choices
• [ethan] this could mean that reel arc is the best option for your first scene
• [ethan idea] write & shoot a comedy sketch

Resources

• Kurt Yue’s advice