Reel(ish)

Okay, I put it all together -- the full reel -- and managed to get it down to 2 minutes and 21 seconds. It's rough, and the transitions are sucky-to-non-existent, blah, blah, blah. But it's a start, at least until I get professional help/intervention.

I would almost say it's better than nothing, but I don't know that that's true. A truly bad reel can be worse than nothing. I think I'll run it by my agent just to see if she thinks there's enough material there for a professional to turn into a real reel -- and to see, indeed, if the whole process is even necessary.

I tried to balance the two things I get called for the most -- quirky, funny guy and professional narrator/host. There are still two videos I'm trying to track down from the latter category to beef that section up. But, again, I don't even know what I'm doing here and can only guess at what might be a proper balance.

In spite of all that, it's kinda fun to have. And if someone does in the meantime want to see a reel I can always say, "This isn't a reel, per se, but a collection of samples so you can at least get a sense of what I can do." And when I'm in my rocker in the Old Failed Actors Home, it will be nice to cue up once in a while on the ol' holographic image virtualizer.