Graphics Reference
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know what a color bar test should look like. If the colors they see on the
bars before your reel are off, that's a good hint that they will not be seeing
the reel as you designed it. Hopefully, they'll make adjustments. But if not,
at least they'll be aware that those orange faces are not the result of your
visual limitations.
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Credits.
As you'll see in Chapter 12, “Copyright and Portfolio,” claiming only
your own share of a project and giving explicit credit to others is non-nego-
tiable. Identify clearly any collaborators or team members. Credit the music
and any other elements you did not create yourself.
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Labels.
A discreet MTV-like label in one corner of the screen can serve many
purposes. Because it travels with and is seen at the same time as the clip
itself, it can immediately end-run the question, “What part of this project
was her responsibility?” If the answer to that question is too complicated to
Cemre Ozkurt identifies the work category in this clip—character modeling—
with a brief label in the lower left corner. He also prompts the viewer to match
the code number on the right against his reel breakdown. This clip was part of
LA-based Blur Studio's 2006 animation “A Gentlemen's Duel.”
