demo reel

English

Noun

demo reel (plural demo reels)

1. A brief portfolio of recorded media intended to showcase an artist's work.

   Frank had created a demo reel on DVD that he could send along with his résumé for job interviews.

   • 2000, Isaac V. Kerlow, The Art of 3-D : Computer Animation and Imaging, 2nd Edition‎^[1]:

     The second most important thing...is that your portfolio or demo reel contains the types of items that the potential employer is interested in seeing.

   • 2004, Craig Wroe, An Actor Prepares to Work in New York City: How to Master the Business of "The Business"‎^[2]:

     A demo reel is a VHS or DVD copy of snippets of the best moments of an actor's work...

   • 2010, Geoffrey Kater, Design First for 3D Artists‎^[3]:

     ...an animation director at a very large studio told me that if he's not interested within the first five seconds, then he tosses the demo reel.