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Creating Your Presenter Showreel So You Get Noticed

Presenter Showreels

Creating Your Presenter Showreel So You Get Noticed

Category: Presenter Career Strategy

Creating Your Presenter Showreel So You Get Noticed

For a TV Presenter, your showreel is the most important marketing tool you will have. It’s what’s gets you in the door so you can then show off your talent. So you must get it right. No-one is going to hire you without seeing what you are like on camera.

Saturday’s webinar was all about how to create your presenter showreel so you get noticed and how important it is to get your personality across so you’re seen by the right people. We also covered some of the mistakes new presenters make. If you missed the session, you can catch up with the re-play in our presenters members area. 

Top 5 Do’s and Don’ts for your presenter showreel:

  • Keep it short & sweet! Showreels are getting shorter and shorter. Ideally, your showreel should contain at least 4-6 clips and around 2-2 half minutes, no longer than 3 minutes.
  • Always put your best/newest pieces first. Most professionals looking at a presenter showreel only watch the first 10 seconds. So you really need to make an impact within this time. If you’re in regular contact with a producer or casting director, when they’re looking at your updated showreel they can see the newest PTC’s, you’re making their job a lot easier.
  • Your presenter showreel should show that you’re not only a confident and natural presenter, but more importantly your personality, expertise, and your brand. What is your talent? Ideally, it should look like a collage of presenting work/projects you have done over a year. Don’t pretend that it’s from the BBC when it’s not! Don’t use logos or music from TV shows either. Make sure your showreel is not branded by the company that made it, your showreel is a marketing tool for you and not a promotional video for them! So edit it out. Think about your personality and what is your USP!
  • Stay away from telly talk i.e ‘Hello and welcome to the show’ or ‘coming up after the break’. It’s a cliche. Just imagine how many times these phrases are used in show reels and a casting director/producer has to listen to them.
  • Keep it updated. Showreels are a work in progress and should ideally be updated at a minimum of every 6 months to a year, if it’s not, a casting director/producer may think you’re not current and might wonder if you are a bit ‘rusty’ or ‘out of practice’.