Nowadays almost every project starts with a website. Regular resumes of people of different professions including filmmakers have also transformed into portfolio websites. It’s easy to share, easy to find, easy to evaluate. Not that easy to build but it depends. If you find a good specialist, your filmmaker portfolio website could be ready within one working day.
Let’s see what are the best filmmaker portfolio websites to feature yourself and your works. If you are wondering which platform to choose for your portfolio website, check these four best website platforms for filmmaker portfolio.
Website vs. Profile vs. Landing Page
By saying website we don’t only mean a classic several pages website. It can be a landing page or even a profile on some platforms. It all depends on your goals and needs. So, let’s check them one by one.
Profile
There are a number of platforms to feature your works such as Behance, Vimeo, Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Clubhouse etc. Profiles on most of them are indexed by Google, so if someone searches for your personal name or company name, they will find your profile. There are also niche platforms such as IMDb, Mandy, e-Talenta, enCast etc. for actors, directors, video editors, and other filmmaker specialists, you better be there in any case. Also, if you do motion design videos and/or commercial videos you may even create a profile on Fiverr or Upwork and other freelance platforms to earn extra money. By the way, if you have a website, make sure to add its URL to all your profiles.
Landing Page or One-Page Wesbite
A one-page website is the most suitable option for actors, independent filmmakers. Having a website looks professional and contains the most important information about your works. Developing a one-page website is fast and can be done on a budget. The one-page website is ideal if you don’t have much information you need to demonstrate.
Don’t forget, you also need to optimize your website in terms of SEO, do technical support, and spread the word about it. Also, you need to pay annually for your domain and hosting. As you can see, you need to take care of your one-page website in the same way as of multiple pages website. So, decide from the beginning what is more appropriate for you.
Website
If you are a director and need to feature all your previous works, you might need to have more than one page. Then it’s a good idea to consider multiple pages website. You may add your showreel, recent works, upcoming projects, backstage images, your team photos, services you provide, contact details, and social media accounts to your website. Keep it simple and stylish.
Make sure that your website is optimized, secured, fast loading, and mobile-friendly. These parameters are crucial. From time to time check your website loading speed and ask your developer to speed it up to follow Google requirements as well as update plugins.
If you want to monetize your website and let’s say sell some merchandise, you may add a shop to your website. Here you would need web developer’s help to set it all up.
You may also want to check out the step-by-step guide on how to create a Filmmaker Portfolio website.