• Egon [they/them]
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    7 months ago

    Video essays should never just be someone reading into a screen. Then it is no different from a regular essay. The 'video' part must play a central role for the video essay to have a valid reason of existence.

    • ElGosso [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      Even then too many of them have too much fluff to hit algorithmic length standards.

    • Raebxeh
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, so many copycats of channels like Nerdwriter and Every Frame A Painting completely miss the point of what those channels do with the medium.