So I was looking at my demo for a while and decided to tie up some loose ends. I have replaced the existing demo link with a new one; although I could have uploaded it for the next update, it seemed logical to modify and add to the existing one. With the last demo, I was going overboard with the time of the reel where some parts were getting longer and could be avoided, while keeping the important stuff. One has only so much time to watch the demo and depending on the audience, they want to get over with it as quickly as possible. If you’re doing your demo in parts, I guess it’s also important to not to use longer breaks in between as people might end up scrubbing. I don’t know about others, but I have done it.
One thing to consider doing in a reel is that if you are showing demonstrations in a viewport, try not to sway too much from the centre while orbiting and panning. Sometimes you tend to speed up the viewport capture for the reel, and people who’d be watching it will have difficulty in trying to focus with what’s happening as you manipulate and navigate objects on screen. I also prefer to keep the UI elements discreetly as far as possible, so if you’re doing a custom UI, you have more options for cropping the video while editing.
About using text captions; use them sparingly. Some people hardly read them, some do. Not everyone might be aware of what you’re saying, and a demo is usually viewed like a montage, even if it’s not meant for that purpose. If you want to keep an explanation of what you’re trying to show, accompany your demo with a breakdown. Those who want to know about what’s going on will need to look at it, and it’s a good idea to keep one.
Lastly, you want to keep a copy of your demo on another website for download. Some people might not have a connection which allows them to stream continuously and they may want to save it locally and review it. For that, you want to make sure that your put keyframes on your video while encoding. For example, if your video is 24 frames per second, you may want to put a keyframe every 24 frames while encoding so a user can scrub over every second or access a random part of your video in that resolution. This can add to the file size, but it's worth it, and so you can increase the keyframe numbers if necessary.