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Johnny Depp
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Okay here's latest reel. Always appreciate those who take time to watch and give suggestions! Thanks all!

https://vimeo.com/53633691
 
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Marlon Brando
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A lot of great stuff. Congrats on "Up in the Air"

I'd get rid of the intro. You don't need it. We get that you can change your look through your diverse footage.

For the first scene. Start it at :12 or even as late as :17. Then we get the surprise that you're working with George Clooney.

As cool as it was that you got to be in the same scene as Johnny Galecki, get rid of that since it features him more than it features you. This reel IS about YOU.
 
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Johnny Depp
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Thanks! Appreciate it! Smiler
 
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Denzel Washington
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Agree with Truth about the Jamie Kaler and Johnny Galecki scene ... but oh man, I LOVED My Boys and miss it every day.

The Up in the Air scene is great - I totally remembered that from the movie.

I would also agree with shortening the intro.

Congrats on some awesome work!
 
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Newbie
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Agree with everything said above. I also think you should ditch a couple of the really short clips, especially that B/W one. The line read was not strong and it's too short to grasp a context for the scene.
 
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Kevin Bacon
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Great reel! You've done a lot of good work.
 
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Johnny Depp
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Awesome reel! -- Definitely trim the 'up in the air' scene so it features you more than Clooney.


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Kevin Bacon
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I agree with everybody, especially about killing the headshot montage and cutting Clooney out just a little in the opening. You can make it about you and still show show you've worked with great actors. Other than that, great reel! Good luck!


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Kevin Bacon
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All great stuff. I don't know if it was just me, but there was a blinking green line on the edge of the right side. I would either zoom or crop or do anything to get rid of it because it was driving me nuts!
 
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Kevin Bacon
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No blinking green line on my computer. Don't know if that's just me!


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Kevin Bacon
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I see it on two computers now. More prominent in full screen I suppose.
 
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