/r/videoessay
A hub for video essays, super cuts, and other videos critically observing media texts.
Video Essay Discord
What is a Video Essay?
1: A focused essay read aloud over relevant video accompaniment which seeks to argue a defensible position.
2: A focused essay read aloud over relevant video accompaniment which seeks to explain and interpret a topic.
3: A supercut that serves to analyze a particular aspect of a work or body of works. For instance, a mash-up or Top 10 list are not supercuts.
What is NOT a Video Essay?
• A review
• A response video
• A political or philosophical treatise
• A video featuring the creator on-camera and talking to the audience
• Any submission where the video is irrelevant to the topic being discussed.
• Any submission under five minutes or over an hour. (Supercuts can be under five minutes.)
• Any other video removed under mod's discretion
Browse Categories
Film Visual Art Television Pop Culture Music Miscellaneous Video Games No Filter
User Flair
If you are a video essay creator and wish to have channel flair next to your username, follow these steps
Ensure that you include a reference to your reddit name (even if it's the same as your channel name) in the About section of your channel. You can remove the reference after your flair has been assigned.
Send a message to the moderators requesting the flair.
Include a link to your channel
Indicate what you want your flair to say. Either your channel name or the series name of your video essays (if different)
Specify if you want YouTube flair, Vimeo flair, or both. Currently those are the only options, but if you host your video essays elsewhere then let us know and we'll see about adding it.
Rules
Content: All submissions must adhere to the sub's definition of a video essay.
Conduct: This is a community who shares an appreciation for pop culture, music, art, and analysis. Disagreements are sure to occur, but treat each other with respect.
Self-Promotion: Essayists may post their own content. Currently there is no restriction on time between posts, but don’t go crazy.
Creators are expected to engage with the community, pose questions to the community, leave comments on other creators’ posts, and so on. Esssayists who have a habit of simply “hit and run” posting will likely be considered spam and will be removed.
Titles: All submissions must follow the title convention: [Found/OC] Title [MM:SS]
Do not put comments in the submission title. Leave those for the comment section.
Criticism: Thoughtful and respectful discussions only. Low effort complaints such as "This is bad" or "This isn't a video essay" will be removed. If you believe there is a problem submit a report or message the mods.
Reposts: To keep a link from being posted too soon or too often, a submission will be removed if it has already been submitted in the last three months or twice in the last year. This applies to posts that you, as the submitter, have removed and reposted later. Many times this is due to a need to reupload the video essay for editing, copyright, or other reasons. This is fine, but we ask that you comment on your post stating the reason for resubmission. Otherwise, we will consider this a repost.
/r/videoessay
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[OC] The mysterious mastermind behind all your favourite hits [15:52]
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[OC] The Scene from Shogun (2024) [9:52]
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[OC] The 12 Principles of Animation Explained [27:08]
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[OC] An Oompa-Loompa Speaks Out About the Wonka Movie [9:40]
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[OC] Larry Clark's Kids - Examining The Provocative Cult Classic [12:13]
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[OC] Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 10 Years Later, Still The MCU's Greatest Turning Point? [11:12]
09:07 UTC
Need Video Essay Channel Recommendations Please!
In the past few months I've discovered the commentary/video essay side of YouTube and I've been binging the following channels: Madisyn Brown, Mina Le, Khadija Mbowe, Tee Noir, Alice Cappelle, Shanspeare, and oliSUNvia. I love video essays about pretty much anything if it's not too niche. I love commentary videos about social media, dating, pop culture, beauty standards, politics, etc.
But I'm running out of videos to watch! And I can't find many other channels I like. I'd appreciate any recommendations pleaseee :))
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[OC] What Makes Skyrider Special? [04:23]
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[Found] Amaya: A Wasted Disney Villain [11:42]
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[OC]Meta History: Passivity in History![12:26]
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[OC] I Played Gothic 1 For The First Time in 2024 (Review) [18:51]
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[OC] Dune's Best Scene Isn't What You Think [04:47]
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[OC] The Antagonists of The Dragon Prince, Part 1 - Viren 🪄| Video Essay by Shain Slepian aka TimeCapsule [16:30]
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[OC] an oral history of Dune adaptations [37:18]
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[OC] The Wire: Was McNulty That Bad? [5:01]
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[OC] Joker Folie à Deux COULD Be Amazing. [8:26]
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[OC] my favorite comfort movie is full of Baby Boomer lies [6:27]
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[OC] How to ACCIDENTALLY Define a Genre [6:29]
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[OC] How Streaming Services Ruined Hollywood [43:14]
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[OC] How Frostpunk Injects Harrowing Moral Choices into the City Builder Genre [12:19]
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Visual Detective Novel Game with AI-powered NPCs
Hi, my name is Leonard, and I'm planning to make a Detective Visual Novel Game where you, as a player, interact with AI-driven NPCs to solve a crime mystery! I want to create the best possible experience for you all, so I'm therefore asking for 20 seconds of your time to answer my little questionnaire on how I can make the best possible experience. Your answers are totally anonymous.
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[OC] The Disrespect of Netflix's Avatar The Last Airbender [38:26]
10:14 UTC
Copy right issue?
Hey everyone, just a quick question. When I try to upload a video essay, it doesn’t let me for copy righted material. I understand that there’s fair use, but are there guidelines I should follow to keep my essays from this issue?
I use clips from films, is it the films or music/audio? Or is there a limit on how long the clip should be?
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[OC] The Eternal Itch | Ramblings on Art and Inspiration [17:35]
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[OC] Why MM.. Food Is Better Then Madvillainy [6:10]
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[OC] GUITAR MASTERY: Inside the Insane Way Def Leppard Recorded A Rock Classic [3:14]
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[OC] Minecraft SMP: Where It All Began [14:44]
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[OC] The Beautiful Horror of the Unfathomable Unknown [42:25]
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