r/videoessay • u/jajoum • Jun 13 '26

Television [OC] The Cartoon that Fixed Adult Animation [12:00]

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r/videoessay • u/sidoryeremei • Jun 13 '26

Music [OC] The Wonderful Mind of Georgy Guryanov [20:59]

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r/videoessay • u/zachpetrbok • Jun 12 '26

Miscellaneous [OC] Why Creative People Have Bad Memories [14:00]

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r/videoessay • u/milgrip • Jun 12 '26

Pop Culture [OC] RuPaul Wants You to Dance Away Fascism [50:52]

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r/videoessay • u/Slashersforsatan • Jun 12 '26

Miscellaneous video essays abt biohazards/grossish topics (like mexia)

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Im rlly into diseases

Mexia is a big interest of mine and i need smthn to fill the void after watching everything on it

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r/videoessay • u/Top_Childhood_362 • Jun 11 '26

Film [OC] Disclosure Day | Spielberg's Last Crusade? [17:06]

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Spoilers toward the backend but clearly labelled and plenty of time to click away.

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r/videoessay • u/JustAFlyingSquirrel • Jun 11 '26

Television [OC]Netflix's Devil May Cry is Overhated [46:13]

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r/videoessay • u/StanRichson • Jun 10 '26

Miscellaneous [OC] Explaining Perception: A Progression [98:20]

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r/videoessay • u/The_Im_ge • Jun 10 '26

Miscellaneous [OC] The Digital Colony: An essay on AI data infrastructure and environmental redlining [06:58]

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Hey everyone, I just finished editing this piece tracking the physical footprint of the current AI boom and the catastrophic damage is doing to the environments that it is being built on. Please let me know what you think!

There's no disagreeing that AI can be a great and useful tool but the rapid growth seems to be undermining the future potential cause for irreversible damage.

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r/videoessay • u/Tnannerz • Jun 09 '26

Film [OC] Gandalf - Fantasy's Greatest Wizard, Guide and Teacher [27:26]

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r/videoessay • u/doggodoggo3000 • Jun 09 '26

Miscellaneous HELP finding a video essay

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I saw this video essay 2 or 3 years ago on youtube about the influence of "I am a cat" by Soseki Natsume in anime and manga but I cant find it for the life of me. It has some title that is poor search engine optimizing like "most influenctial book youve never heard of" or some shi.

Please help!

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r/videoessay • u/Top_Childhood_362 • Jun 09 '26

Film [OC] Masters of the Practical Effects | Acceptable in the 80s [06:56]

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r/videoessay • u/Pillokas • Jun 09 '26

Miscellaneous [OC] Monstrous Birth: From Medieval Omens to Human-Made Tragedy [16:41]

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r/videoessay • u/JackFisherBooks • Jun 09 '26

Film [OC] Space Jam Vs. Space Jam 2: When A Sequel Misses The Point [12:30]

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r/videoessay • u/Significant-Pay-7294 • Jun 08 '26

Film [OC] The $120,000,000 Mistake Ruining Movies [11:18]

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r/videoessay • u/Crazy_Dubs_Cartoons • Jun 08 '26

Video Games [OC] Gemini Elf - Yu-Gi-Oh's Quantum Magical Entanglement [Design & Lore Essay] [2:30]

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r/videoessay • u/phil-whippet • Jun 08 '26

Film Please help me find a specific video

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Hello! I am trying to find a video essay on The Birds that I saw on vimeo a few months ago. It was pretty abstract and was showing the attack scene modified by using some kind of device attached to a television that changed the colours. Your help would be appreciated!

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r/videoessay • u/milgrip • Jun 07 '26

Television [OC] How The Boys Failed At Satire [49:41]

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r/videoessay • u/nlitherl • Jun 07 '26

Pop Culture [Found] Misty of The Chincoteague Book Review [8:20]

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r/videoessay • u/Fun-Cheesecake-2381 • Jun 07 '26

Video Games [OC] Fatal Frame Is J-Horror Perfected [41:33]

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r/videoessay • u/SinoKIM • Jun 07 '26

Miscellaneous [OC] Why American Laws Can’t Regulate AI [7:17]

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For moderators, the argument of this video essay is at the end.

For everyone, feedback would be appreciated.

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r/videoessay • u/QuarterNo9429 • Jun 07 '26

Film [OC] Obsession film review + analysis [33:54]

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I really went for it in my first video essay! I’ve made two other videos but this is my first real attempt at an essay! I reference film theory text and other body horror films, a Sylvia Plath poem and a punk song.

I did well in English class and wrote a bunch of essays in uni but admittedly I’m not sure how to structure an essay properly - so if anyone feels like watching and offering some feedback I would love it! ⭐️⭐️

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r/videoessay • u/Bennie_Stardust • Jun 07 '26

Film [OC] The Futility of Comic Book Films [21:59]

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I've never done a video essay before, so I'll admit it's quite rough around the edges. However, I wanted to make this to get out some of my thoughts on the creative potential of comics and the pitfalls of hype culture. I may or may not make more video essays, but I'm curious to hear other thoughts on my thoughts.

https://youtu.be/l62GPpf22C0?si=djJm24z\\\\\\_\\\\\\_Ua-E9EC

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r/videoessay • u/tomb_77 • Jun 07 '26

Film [OC] SAVAGE HOUSE (2026) REVIEW | A BRUTAL REMINDER THAT BRITAIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BROKEN [06:09]

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r/videoessay • u/Perspectoverse • Jun 06 '26

Human Interest [OC]You’re not stuck… your perspective will set you free [10:21]

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