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Originally Posted by Disneyphile
From numerous industry folks I've spoken with, they've all pretty much said that wedding videographers are generally thought of as a joke and not very respected when it comes to "real" work like television series, etc.
Well, one of the videographers on a wedding board that I frequent landed a nicely paying television series editing gig that will be airing later this fall, and all he had to show for a reel was his wedding stuff, because it's all he's ever done. (And he's local to here, so it's not like he resides in a small market with almost no competition.)
Now, I'm just totally confused.
Should I risk showing some of my wedding stuff on my reel? Or in the very least, include it on my samples DVD as "extra" chapters?
Maybe it's that weddings show that we know how to tell a story? Is that it?? 
I'm going to look over his wedding samples and see what the connection is... if any. |
I would try a shorter reel with whatever you have this isn't weddings, plus a longer one with, send them out in equal numbers and see what gets the best response, the shorter one w/out weddings or the fuller one with.