/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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Looking for something
Hiii so I recently watched late night talk with the devil and I think it's based on an a thing that happened on the UK it's a late night show Halloween special as well in the mid 80s or 90s I think and it was like the same thing happened in the movie but excluding the end part of the movie and I just wanna know if someone here knows what video essay talked about that cuz like I watched it before and I just wanna rewatch it again but I already forgor it ╥﹏╥
05:02 UTC
[OC] Why KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE's Friction Is Worth the Risk [48:13]
04:26 UTC
[OC] When Larry David Made The Same Movie Three Times [59:59]
03:55 UTC
Looking for a specific video essay
Hey guys, I'm sorry if this is not allowed or is too specific, but I've been searching for this for a few hours now and I'm losing my mind :D
I'm searching for a specific video essay about the game Jump King. It had two parts, both around 1 hour long I think, and it was by a relatively small channel. It featured gameplay of the game and then of one of the DLC's as the dude was talking about some semi-philosophical topics such as the five stages of grief.
Sadly I think the videos might have been deleted, but I'd like to at least know if someone else knows/remembers them.
03:38 UTC
[OC] The Misunderstanding of Cabaret's Title Number [8:39]
23:24 UTC
[OC] How (Not) to Make a Sequel: The Folly of Alien 3 [13:19]
15:40 UTC
[OC] Helldivers 2: Imperial Satire [9:20]
14:09 UTC
[OC] Arcane: The Evil Within Good [23:19]
04:46 UTC
[OC] “Stop Eating So Much”: Fatness and Body Politics [31:56]
A look into fatness in pop culture, medicine, and media
20:48 UTC
[OC] X-Men Legends... 20 Years Later [30:00]
18:12 UTC
[OC] Dark Souls Architectural Analysis [33:45]
17:11 UTC
[OC] Exploring Imbolc: The Pagan Festival of Light and Renewal [9:51]
14:14 UTC
[OC] Home Sweet Home Toni | GTA: Liberty City Stories [34:23]
00:25 UTC
[OC] I Tried Infiltrating The Cult Shen Yun [12:30]
22:28 UTC
[Found] What Is Dieselpunk? (1 of 2) [17:24]
20:43 UTC
[OC] Naoko Yamada: The Power of Feet and Music [6:36]
17:37 UTC
[OC] Hop On, Hop Off: A Whirlwind Tour of Oslo [13:04]
16:27 UTC
[OC] Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s GREATEST Movie [13:06]
17:26 UTC
[Found] How Many Times Can You Pee in Heavy Rain? [53:44]
Stumbled upon this absolutely life changing piece of art and media literacy. Looking for recommendations: ridiculous ideas made into a whole ass narrative. Not only video games, just looking for the vibes of being absolutely nonsensical, and yet kinda genius.
The longer, the better.
Peace ✌️
02:07 UTC
Recs for video screen capture
Hey all,
For any video essayists among us, what do you recommend in way of video screen capturing software? I'm willing to pay if there aren't really good options for free. But free or cheap are ideal
Thanks in advance !
21:40 UTC
[OC] Isaac Newton Was A Jerk [8:40]
13:29 UTC
[OC] Why We Don't Talk About Homestuck Anymore [26:04]
12:45 UTC
[OC] Decimate Drive | I Wanted to Love This Update... But I Can’t [10:47]
In this video I take a look into the Decimate Drive Update! Unfortunately, the Backroads needs some work, which is why we’ll be taking a deep dive into what works and what doesn’t. We’ll also be taking a look into the future of this amazing horror game and the developer behind it!
04:06 UTC
[Found] What if hockey had a 2-point line? [29:50]
Pretty incredible video essay that reminds me of what Jon Bois and the Secret Base folks are doing! I'm honestly so blown away by the graphics, the analysis, everything! Looks like it's their first video, too!
03:38 UTC
[Found] Black people explain why the current economic issues are due to post-segregationist racist policies now also affecting white people
20:19 UTC
[OC] The BFG (1989) - An exploration of dreams and the unknown [8:00]
17:38 UTC
[Found] Alfred Hitchcock discusses "Blackmail" (the first British sound film) with François Truffaut [3:36]
13:35 UTC
[OC] How to Write a Prologue — Writing Tips and Tricks [13:50]
13:03 UTC
[OC] Your Younger Self Still Needs You [13:30]
For the 48 hour essay jam “Journey”
03:31 UTC
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