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An Academy award or Oscar at least. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What were your favorite video essays of 2023?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As true as that is, video essays may reach a wider audience due to their visual component that can keep people interested. Most people would rather watch a video than read an essay or listen to one.

Most people who make video essay videos include relevant footage, graphs/charts and diagrams, not just them sitting there and reading.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Was gonna say, a video essay is almost an entirely distinct form of media from a written essay. And to conflate the two really disregards and diminishes a lot of the creative process that goes behind both.

A good written essay might make a terrible video essay, and vice versa.