Your graduation is probably hinging on this demo reel, and when the stakes are that high, the odds of Murphy's infamous Laws honing in on your limited time will skyrocket exponentially. If it can go wrong, it will; your files will corrupt, your roommate will accidentally drop something heavy on the CDs containing your working files, your personal computer will crash, the school's computer labs will close early, every Wal-Mart, Target, and Office Depot within a fifty-mile radius will run out of blank CD-Rs, or you'll lose a crucial CD or zip disk in a moment of panic and not find it until you're red-eyed and terrified at 4 a.m. the morning that your reel is due. Your instructors will give you more than enough time, and will expect you to take advantage of it.
Don't disappoint them; in the end, you'll only be letting yourself down. Believe it or not, that's really all there is to it; it's just a matter of applying your artistic skills in a slightly different way. Seems simple, doesn't it? It can be. So start thinking about your demo reel now, and if you're still working your way towards that final point, it can't hurt to start keying your projects towards the compilation of that presentation piece. Good luck, and happy animating.
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