SHOWREEL - BAD SHOWREELS

In contrast to my post about good showreels, this post will be analysing three bad showreels. 

SHOWREEL 1 - BILLY CRINION

(Billy Crinion's 2018 Showreel - credit: Billy Crinion)

This showreel has a number of problems going on with it.

First off is the footage being shown. A lot of the clips show very limited animation, and some even linger on shots that feature no movement at all. I feel like choosing shots that had more dynamic animation, or at least had some elements helping to make up for lack of animation, would help. For example, there are clips that show off lip-sync with no audio; they could've had audio to show off their lip-sync skills over the lack of animation in that one scene.
The showreel is very short, coming in to less than 50 seconds. This showreel could afford to be nearly twice it's current length, and the limited time makes the showreel feel like it has wasted potential.
One thing that stuck out to me as well is that three clips from the same project are used, but all three are virtually identical. I knew the context of the scenes as a running gag, but to someone who doesn't, it could be seen as one clip being used three times over to pad space in an already short showreel.

SHOWREEL 2 - ALEX COLLIER

(Alex Collier's aptly titled showreel - credit: Alex Collier)

This showreel is a big risk for Collier.

The showreel is dedicated more to being memorable and funny than acting like an actual showreel. They're really banking on the person reviewing the reel having a good sense of humour, and judging their employability on their gut instinct.

Big risk aside, the showreel doesn't do too much to show off Collier's animation skills. All the effort is put into making an animatic for his song, that only a small section of the showreel is actually dedicated to showing his actual work. About 30 seconds of the showreel shows his animation skills, leaving a minute and 10 seconds of the video being, essentially, wasted.

SHOWREEL 3 - CHIAN CHE CHANG

(Chian Che Chang's 2011 showreel - credit: Chian Che Chang)

According to the description, this was made ironically. However, it still shows off a lot of bad showreel traits, so I reckon it's fair game for analysis either way.

First, there's the titles. While what's actually written is fine (bar the possible misspelling of "showreel"), adding effects to it are ultimately unnecessary (glow, dissolve).

But it gets a lot more... interesting after the titles. The music is a bizarre choice; it seems to be of a choir, singing "Grande Dossologia". It's very loud and overbearing, and seems almost evangelical; not too appropriate for a showreel. It doesn't even last long enough, with the music ending before the video ends, leaving a few seconds of silence.

The rainbow background is an eyesore, and distracts from the work being shown. And the work itself is, objectively, very bad. Forgetting this was made ironically for a minute, the animation on show is glitchy and jerks around a lot, and is all around very unprofessional.