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Your showreel
is being assessed
right now.
Coordinators are watching. Most reels don't make the cut — not because the performer isn't capable, but because they don't know what's actually being looked for. This guide changes that.
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Most performers are invisible on set before they arrive.
A coordinator watches your reel in under 90 seconds. In that window, they're not looking for flashy camera work or super high production value — they're assessing very specific things. And if you don't know what those things are, you're flying blind.
This isn't about talent. It's about presentation. The performers getting called in aren't always the best in the room — they're the ones whose reels communicated the right things, clearly, fast.
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Wrong footage up frontYour best work is buried at the 2-minute mark. By then, the decision's already made.
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No clear skill signallingCoordinators need to categorise you instantly. If your reel doesn't do that job, you're passed over.
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Production quality mismatchEven exceptional performers get overlooked when their footage doesn't meet expected production standards. Context matters.
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No industry feedback loopMost performers have never had a coordinator watch their reel and tell them what's wrong. This guide gives you that perspective.
WHAT'S INSIDE
The Fight Creative
Showreel Guide
Built from real fight coordinator experience. This is what we actually look for — not what looks cool on camera, but what gets a performer on a call list.
The 90-Second Rule
How coordinators actually watch reels, what gets attention in the first 15 seconds, and how to structure your footage for the way decisions are really made.
Skill Visibility Framework
The specific disciplines coordinators are flagging — and how to make sure yours read clearly, not just to people who know you, but to someone seeing you for the first time.
Footage Selection Criteria
What to include, what to cut, and the common mistakes that quietly kill an otherwise strong reel. Length, order, pacing — all covered.
Red Flags That Get You Cut
The things that immediately remove a performer from consideration — most of them fixable, none of them obvious if no one's told you what they are.
Production Standards
What level of production quality is expected at different career stages — and how to make low-budget footage work in your favour rather than against you.
Your Next Steps
Practical actions you can take immediately to improve what's already in front of coordinators — plus where to go once your reel is working for you.
WRITTEN BY A WORKING FIGHT COORDINATOR
This isn't theory.
It's what I look for
on every job.
I'm Chan Griffin — fight coordinator, stunt performer, and the person behind Fight Creative. I've sat next to the coordinator's chair on studio films and I've been on the other side of the audition process too. I've seen what works, and I've seen what quietly gets someone passed over when they had every reason to be in the room.
The performers who get consistent work aren't always the most skilled. They're the ones who know how to show what they can do, before anyone's ever met them. That's the reel doing its job.
Fight Creative exists to close the gap between raw talent and industry-ready performers. This guide is where that starts — and it costs you nothing to get it.
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