Creating a Show Reel

My show reel was something that i was excited to create as i new that this was going to be the main thing that would show my skills in editing. I started by finding a good piece of music for the show reel, i wasn't really sure what kind of music i wanted, though i was sure that i needed a piece of music that that a change in tempo as i wanted to show of tow styles of editing. I finally found the perfect track it had a slow start then goes into a nice fast pace beat. So i my head i new that i wanted the beginning to have some slow cuts and then as the beat picks up the cuts will become quick edits. The only problem i had was most of the films that i have edited, have been slow films meaning a lot of the shots are slow and long. I did not let this stop me though and managed to find the amount of clips i needed, though because of the small amount of clips the show reel turned out a little shorter than i had hoped. most of the clips i used where from final year films, though i did use a effect test i did with a shot gun effect, just so i could get an example of my special effect work. I really like the way that it came out and got great feed back from other students at my university.