Getting a Job in Visual Effects
This section will eventually be a fairly comprehensive guide to getting that dream job you've always coveted.

The biggest problem, as I have often heard it, affects mostly those who have had little or no on the job experience. This is the chicken and egg issue of the demo reel. The power and importance of a good demo reel cannot be overstated. So how exactly should one proceed when one has gained some knowledge and skill but has no where to show it off?

The first assumption is a fairly large one and that is that the skills you wish to exhibit you have actually gained through hands on use of some nifty software tools on a fairly capable machine that you have at least intermitant access to. This may be at a school, job, friend's, etc...The most basic need that you will have in generating your reel is a system to do many hours of work on. This machine dosen't have to be anything special just so long as you have access to the tools you need. when the time comes to do the final edit and tape out of your work then a fast machine with capable i/o will become a necessity but not so for day to day tweaking (although it would be nice).

As my own reel progresses I will try to provide examples of its contents.

Ill be adding more to this section according to what you request.