Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demo reel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: de-mo reel
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Frank had created a demo reel on DVD that he could send along with his résumé for job interviews."
"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."
"A demo reel is a VHS or DVD copy of snippets of the best moments of an actor's work..."
"...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."

Inflected Forms

demo reels (plural)

Questions

What does demo reel mean?: A brief portfolio of recorded media intended to showcase an artist's work.

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