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An Academy award or Oscar at least. (lemmy.ml)
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What were your favorite video essays of 2023?

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it just be hbomberguy's yearly video?

[–] rotopenguin 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think this is plainly referring to TechConnections talking about light switches.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Oh shit, you're right, okay game on

Will it be decided by a tournament bracket?

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

He would certainly receive a nomination every year if the category existed

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago

I nominate No one knows who created skull trumpet till now

[–] OfflineNerd@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hbomberguy's 4 hour take down of YouTube plagiarists has been my favourite video of the year

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It was such a banger

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 9 points 2 years ago

I'd like to nominate Ahoy's deep dive into the arcade game Polybius and whether it was real (spoil alert: it isn't)

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I nominate Fredrik Knudsen for his 6 hour video about EVE Online

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Then Adam Neely gets my nomination.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 points 2 years ago

I nominate Joseph Anderson's non-existent 5 hours long Witcher 3 critique.

[–] cheesebag@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I like ButterPrime, who typically talks about entertainment media

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ahoy should host

[–] TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

He'd get the special fx award for his motion graphics.

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Finally someone speaking me language

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

No, how about an essay is an essay, no matter if you film yourself reading it or not. The content of the message is what is important, not the medium it's presented in.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years 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.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] dmonzel@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you think a video essay is just someone reading off of a piece of paper in front of a camera?

[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Are you upset that the Oscars only consider films and not books?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago

Marshall McLuhan might disagree.

The medium is the message.

[–] wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

Producing a video and writing an essay are two very different forms of work.

But because there is a similar end result does not mean the process is remotely the same.