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LIFE BEFORE FACEBOOK – A Short Dialogue

Two strangers out on the street only weeks before Facebook was invented. ROB Hello? ANYONE? BERT You okay? ROB I’ve taken a picture of my baby every day since she was born! BERT And? ROB Only my immediate family are interested. BERT That’s the way it’s supposed to be. ROB

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Showreels from Scratch – A Best Of Compilation

In recent years I have made a habit of uploading a new ‘showreel of my showreels’ every few months. The point being, I wanted to prove my consistency in creating fresh and relevant scenes for every showreel I create. I still believe in doing that – but it means that

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How a Showreel From Scratch Helps You

A showreel from scratch helps you because it puts control back in your hands. We can create scenes that suit your personality, your casting type, your idea of what good screen acting is. We can skip the things that make so many showreels BAD. The material that I write will be

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Actor Demo Reel Advice

Just a quick one – I wrote an article for Raindance called ‘Top 10 Mistakes Actors Make on Their Showreels‘. It’s worth a read before you commit to an edit. My advice isn’t about the technical parts of editing, it’s more to do with my philosophy on what a showreel

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Actor Showreel Production from Scratch

What I do: I produce showreels from scratch for actors. What I don’t do: presenter showreels, dancer showreels, singer showreels etc. The purpose of the showreels: To put you in a position where you are more readily castable. How I create a showreel: I meet with you in person to discuss

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Having a Great Time and we Don’t Even Know It

The years are flying by and so much of my brain is taken up with thoughts of ‘should I have achieved more?’, ‘could that film have been better?’, ‘am I wasting my time?’ But when you actually stop and pay attention you realise that what you define as the struggle

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Daniel Johnson
Writer, Director, Author
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