Create, Relate, Animate: Demo Reel Research

http://www.pixar.com/careers/Creating-a-Demo-Reel
Pixar is one of the leading animation studios, with numerous awards and a sort after company to work for due to its repeated commercial success. Kyle Mohr is an animator whose demo reel features a combination of Pixar, Blue Sky and Disney. His skills include: animation; character animation; traditional animation; commercials; drawing; film; Maya; facial animation etc. His demo reel has a 2.06 minutes running time, keeping it short with well known feature films demonstrating his skills. On each animation sequence he has added a caption describing exactly what he has done in that section of film. For example, he added 'Woody' to a Toy Story section, illustrating that he only animated Woody- a main character in the scene to focus on showing his ability to character animate. He's chosen a particular scene where the main focus is on Woody, rather than incorporating other characters that he has not animated which would have withdrawn the audience's attention from his individual work.

Kyle Mohr: Animator at Pixar Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlpNAFrLHos

Eric Carlsen

http://www.ecarlsen.com/portfolio/demo-reel-2013/

Eric Carlsen's demo reel has a running time of 1.28 minutes, keeping it short and sweet. It demonstrates silhouetted sequences, 3D modelling, character animation. He is currently working for Northern Light Productions as a motion graphics and animation designer. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is a "3D artist and multimedia specialist, trained and experienced in a broad spectrum of media... specialties: 3D modelling/animation, video filming/post-production, graphic design, audio editing, digital photography, photo manipulation, writing/editing."

Digitaltutors Demoreel
Tips for creating a demo reel.

Motion Branding
Henning Herholz
Looking at bringing a brand to life through motion/ animation

Ghost Productions
Explaining medicine and surgical technology: Animation/ Illustration/ Interactive
Ghost Productions Motion Branding Showreel
Motion branded video sequences made for clients. Taking corporate identity in the form of logos and typography, and making these come to life through animation.

50 Years of James Bond Opening Titles

Maurice Binder

Daniel Kleinman

The James Bond opening title sequences feature a combination of motion graphic, silhouettes both in the conventional sense of having a matte black silhouette, as well as multicoloured and almost silhouettes where the face is ever so slightly visible. There are also inverted silhouettes where the background is black and the silhouette is a moving film.
Casino Royale opening title sequence
Golden Eye opening title sequence

Collection of stills from the opening sequences of James Bond