What were your favorite video essays of 2023?
this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
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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.
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.