although i am alumni, and remember using the site extensively while i attended the Academy of Art University in SF, I am in need of everyone's feedback and opinion.

i am about to update my DP reel and wondering what others thought (honestly) about the current one i have up and what I can do to improve it (errr, besides add more meaningless stuff)

your opinion counts, make it precise, specific, and harsh if need be.

reel:

http://www.myreelonline.net/alejandrolalinde/

thank you

Good Luck to all on their future projects.

Sincerely,

Alejandro Lalinde (kubrick77)
Director of Photography
Los Angeles, CA

Well, for one, I would ditch the Road to Perdition score and get yourself some original music to up your credibility. There are a bunch of composers who do scores for free, most of them listed in the classifieds section of the message board, so I suggest you poke around there and see what you can find.

Could you maybe have a quicktime version of it? The flash isn't working for me. I guess I have to update it, but a lot of people won't bother.

Is it just me, because I loved a bunch of your shots and everything, but there were a few that were so dark I couldn't see what they are, Loved all the others tho!

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Originally posted by titaniumdoughnut:
Could you maybe have a quicktime version of it? The flash isn't working for me. I guess I have to update it, but a lot of people won't bother.

He has a Quicktime version of it on his official website...

Ah ha, thanks Dan. BEAUTIFUL reel. Truly inspirational. I hope and expect that it gets you some good jobs. Good luck!

LDK, maybe your monitor needs calibration. Everything looked perfect on my calibrated Apple display.

ok I will be picky.

Get rid of those shots in the desert with high contrast lighting (or no lighting?, the MCU of the old mans face etc.

Cut the trailer short to 2-2.5 minutes, focus only on the shots that shows your ability to light real well. The night-rain shots kikc ass and those will get you the jobs. Every shot that is lit looks great (or most of them). Some daytime ones look good but wont sell your ability as a DP...they are ok on a operator reel.

but very good stuff on that I wish I had that for my AFI application

best,

KRis

uh ha, I re-read my comment and I was obviously under time-pressure to catch my flight

I will look at it more focused today and give a better review.

Are you in LA? I'm staying here for a week...what a fantastic weather compared to NYC...

yes, moved out here over a year ago trying to make it.

a new larger reel is now up in quicktime format H264.

better resolution and same download time, depending on you connection speed. check it out:

http://www.myreelonline.net/alejandrolalinde/

How is it going for you? How did you get a start? Freelancing off mandy.com?

Just curious because I will take that step in 3 months...

Outstanding!

When you get sick of L.A's BS and come back to the Bay, I'd love to work with ya!

Now that you're out of SFAA, how did you feel about the school in general?

did not go to SFAA, went to the Academy of Art.

as far as LA bs, will deal with it and try to still achieve good work. love to still shoot in the bay area, depends on the project, script, and collaboration.

Oh my bad I meant "San Francisco Academy of Art" when I said SFAA, are you talking about a different school? And would you recomend the school now that you're out?

Anyway I was only half kidding about the "LA bs" as every community has their own special flavor of BS! It sounds like you have a great attitude and with a degree under your belt, a great reel and placing yourself smack dab in the middle of the industry you're well on your way! Good luck!

Too be honest I thought it was extraordinary. If you lived in Vancouver I'd be asking you to take a look at my script.

Keep it up.