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- noun A
video portfolio demonstrating the talents of anactor ,director , etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ray Pride: "With Julia Loktev's gorgeously restrained Day Night Day Night showing at New Directors/New Films, cinematographer Benoit Debie's showreel is worth a peek, as well as this excerpt from Loktev's film."
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That really looked like some kind of showreel trailer rather than a real cinema trailer (based that on the "in post production" tag at the end).
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The interview with Crisp ended up on a showreel that Daly sent off to the producers of The Big Breakfast, who offered her a regular slot hosting a model competition.
Tess Daly: the interview Elizabeth Day 2010
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Off topic go to the following and look at the showreel about halfway down.
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'The third dog, Harvey, has something the other two do not – a showreel'
The Hard Sell: Thinkbox.tv Pete Cashmore 2010
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The first programming will be a Man U vs Chelsea football match and a rotating showreel of demo material.
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BBC Earth pulls out its big telephoto lenses and high-speed cameras for a global showreel of amazing wildlife moments culled from its Life series, with Daniel Craig on narration duties.
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There was a bit of jiggling to be done on the laptop to get the Playgroup showreel working properly with the projector versus screensaver, but we got there.
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What a goal to have on your showreel, and what a place to score it.
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"Producers spend valuable time making a showreel and you know before the thing's even been produced that it's been a waste of time because this year it's going to Sky or ITV or Channel 4 or whoever."
Media Monkey's Diary 2011
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