Be Unique

I've been trying to think of the best way to self promote myself and I must admit that it's very difficult to do that and be unique. The most important word there is to be unique and that was the final and 13th point I made in my Self Promotion blog post back in September.

I believe my business card looking like a playing card is quite unique in itself, but also interesting to look at and whilst looking at graduate showreels and even people in the industry, the showreels follow the same pattern:

1. Name and Contact Details
2. Best Work
3. Second Best Work
4. Alright Work (If they have any other work to show)
5. Third Best Work
6. Breakdowns
7. Name and Contact Details

If I was an employer I'd be getting very bored of the same old showreels coming through the door, and something unique would be quite impressive.

The actual inspiration to this came while I was watching How I Met Your Mother (a popular TV series in both America and UK) and was the character Barney's video resume as shown below.

The video resume has a lot of humour in it, however, it is very different and unique, and I want to use that uniqueness to my advantage. Hence why over the coming days I will be storyboarding my showreel again but in a different manner to be unique.

You may be thinking that this is a completely stupid idea, however, there is a lot of rotoscoping and keying within the video and gives me a chance to show off my work in a different manner. I will try to storyboard all, or at least part of the showreel, and show it to Phil to get his opinion before starting it off completely.

Website

 

This is all five parts of my website, it contains my old work but it will soon be updated to much more modern work relating to the VFX Industry.

The filmography link goes to imdb.com but as I enter the film industry, it will point to my own profile on imdb.

Complete Website

Currently the website isn't connected to my www.michaeldixonuk.com domain but if you're viewing it for (hopefully) the next couple of days then please go to this link.

Link

It currently displays work from the past couple of years of studying and is aimed at Video Games and not the Film Industry. It will be updated throughout the Academic year with more recent work relating to becoming a VFX Compositor.

Typography Progressing

This is how the typography is progressing at the moment.

Finished Business Card

Storyboard Example

 

Taking everything from the previous post, this video shows examples of other people's work into the way I want my showreel. I wont necessarily stick with this layout of the work until I get a feel of my work and how it's going to all flow into the one video. 

*Edit: If the video, when click play, says set to private then click the Youtube logo on the frame and you can play it on Youtube rather through this blog.

Showreel Storyboard

This is just a quick look at how I want my storyboard to look, it may end up differently as I create it but it has the general feel of what I hope to accomplish.