Improvements to showreel

In order to improve my showreel I took a number of steps. I started off by replacing my Moorish scene cinematic. I added in the final rendered cinematic. I found that it was too long for my showreel as it took up a whole minute which left me little to no time for another environment or prop break downs. In order to cut it down I took out a couple of shots that simply showed different angles.

In order to better explain my sci-fi scene I gathered a few more images and concepts. I wanted to go with a green lit overlay like the concept art, as if the laboratory was used as a nature research facility or greenhouse, with things growing inside tubes such as planets and small creatures. This will give me an opportunity to work on some foliage work as well as hard-surface, meaning I wont lose out on the skills I would have gained doing the forest scene.

I also looked at a few sci-fi laboratory inspired environment fly-throughs to get an idea of how I could put a camera through my scene. 

In this first video, a simple shot running down the central corridor with bubbles and tubes containg plants would be a nice mid-shot that sets the scene and tells the story behind my environment,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9il_lUNs3Y

I also looked at this environment flythrough by Tor Frick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGB-FnpNHO4
I feel the cameras are too fast and rollercoaster like in this however it shows areas that I'd like to include such as fly-overs of instruments on tables and scientific devices.

I added some music to my showreel to set a mood. I went with some relaxing Celtic style music that I feel fits well with my Moorish environment and will hopefully fit in well with the nature theme of my sci-fi environment too. I struggled a bit with finding music as I did not want something that would distarct from the artowkr but also wanted something that created a mood. I decided not to go for an overused epic style of music but went with a relaxing mood.

Finally the last thing to address was the turntable. Turntables appear to be overused, a lot of people use them and they can often be seen as an easy option and boring. I wanted to use them to show off some prop work but I will now look into adding some interest to it. I still want to use the idea of a turntable as it shows off all angles of a model but I will use some shots such as closeups and render passes to break it up.