Our client, Alberto Bonilla, plays a waiter in this scene from the Sopranos. The original scene on it's own isn't too long, but there's a bit of a time gap that features the other actor too much. We cut that section out, did some tweak edits and audio overlapping. The result is a shorter scene that allows Alberto to be the focus. Also we think it makes the scene humorous and fun to watch.

This is a scene for Jessica Myhr from an independent film. This scene from the outset is already too long for Jessica's reel. It also features too much of the other actor. What we did was to immediately start the scene with Jessica. We rearranged her reaction shots to overlap on the male character's dialogue in order to give her more screen time and cut out some of the male character's excessive expository. The revised scene opens up on Jessica, hits the meat of the scene and gets out with a bang that suits the scene's tone.

In this scene our client, Alberto Bonilla, has a clip from Comedy Central that he taped off the TV on VHS.  We converted it and realized that there was some video static on the bottom from the VHS. We went ahead and cropped the video to give it a professional letterbox format. We then added a little bit of big band music underneath the scene to give it a little more pop. The original scene also had a yellowish color that didn't look as good when it was taped on VHS. We corrected it and additionally gave it a slightly cool blue that we feel adds a bit of freshness to the overall look of the scene.

The original scene was a bit too long in featuring the actresses behind the bar. While the original scene is very good for what it was made for, when it comes to actor reels, things need to be tight. Start with a pop, show the meat of the actor’s performance and get on to the next clip. To execute this, we cut out the dialogue of two actresses and manipulated some of Alberto's lines in order to create a shorter scene that still makes sense and show's Alberto's great comic timing.

This scene was reedited for Chelsea Miller, who plays the waitress. The original scene works well for the movie as a whole, but not so much for Chelsea's reel: It's too long, it holds on the guy doing his bumbling shtick with his silverware and it drags at the end and doesn't make sense unless you've seen the whole film. What we did was to start the scene on Chelsea. We kept only the guy’s dialogue important to the scene and cut out the excess shtick. Finally, we rearranged some of Chelsea's dialogue and did some audio and background noise placement. What we have now is an almost entirely different scene. It's less complex but enjoyable and sweet. It works to showcase Chelsea's acting ability as she plays a fun, flirtatious character.

Here we have another scene for Chelsea Miller's reel. She's the brunette sitting on the couch with the ponytail. The original footage was a rough edit from a film she recently completed.

To start, the scene wasn't in good shape audio wise. In the original audio we could hear dialogue from other takes overlapping each other, which limited some options. However, what was clear was that the other actress had way too much screen time. If it were her reel, fine, but for Chelsea that wouldn't work, so the goal immediately was to trim the dialogue of the other actress down to only what was imperative to establish the dynamic between the two characters.

Since a lot of the original cuts had overlapping audio lines of different takes, there were limited options. Still, we were able to rearrange the quality audio and trim certain sentences. The result is that we that made the scene a lot shorter while still keeping the essence of the scene intact.

Despite the original scene being almost unusable, the scene now focuses on Chelsea and demonstrates her playing a character different from all the other clips in her reel.

Alberto Bonilla wanted to showcase his stunt and fighting skills in this scene. Since it was for his speed reel we needed to shorten it considerably. We basically decided to take the scene from a John Wayne type of movie fight to more of a "Bourne" stylized feel.

This clip was used for Chaz Mena’s speed reel. It’s a scene from “Tracey Takes On” with Tracey Ullman. Chaz plays the police officer interviewing the older couple. The goal here was to feature Chaz more prominently while still leaving the viewer enough footage of the others to see Chaz’s ability to play off a comedian of Tracey’s caliber. Chaz definitely holds his own.

Our client, Chaz Mena, wanted to add this clip to his reel to show a different element in his acting abilities. He’s got a loud cowboy outfit and he plays a very vibrant role.  However, the scene that I was given is really about the guy in the blue shirt. We at Ox Productions therefore had to figure out how to manipulate the footage to feature Chaz, and the end result does just that.

The before and after of this scene is pretty self explanatory. The scene was originally too long for the reel and a lot of the wide shots pulled us away from the drama. We went ahead and featured the essence of the scene while cutting down the man's dialogue since it was for Celeste’s reel. The end result is a nice quick dramatic scene.