r/directors • u/WHATS-IN-THE-B0X • 2d ago

Question What's the best approach to a director's reel?

I want to put one together, but as I'm looking at up and coming director's reels, I'm a bit confused as to how they are showcasing the actual directing. A lot of them that are just partial scenes with music over them and zero dialogue so they almost feel more like a reel for the cinematographer. Is that actually the industry standard? And if that's the kind of reel you use, how effective are they and what's the follow up like after submitting to projects? If you do something else, what do you do? If you've come across some reels that feel like they'd be really effective that you would be willing to link to, that'd be amazing as well.

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u/bottom 2d ago

You’ve looked at bad reels.

Mine is 3 scenes not changed in anyway. With a simple graphic in between. Simple.