This style of video essay is a mixed bag for me. There are some content creators that I can watch hours long videos from and it doesn’t feel like a huge time investment (Hbomberguy, Folding Ideas), and then there are others where even 45 minutes feels like way too long. I think a lot it boils down to good scripting and editing. Folding Ideas and Hbomb are both pretty carefully scripting their content and then pretty heavily editing it - it makes it feel like the video is going somewhere even when it’s long and there’s a lot of content. There are other creators with videos around the same length, or sometimes even shorter, that I’m never able to finish. A lot of those are more the “Sitting in front of the camera with a glass of wine and rant about pop culture for an hour” style of video “essay”, but even some of the more scripted and edited stuff I have a hard time with (Philosophy Tube, Contrapoints). I suspect it’s just a matter of taste and style but I can’t put my finger on exactly the difference.
Side note: I actually found written transcripts of several of Philosophy Tube’s videos and found them much easier to digest, so maybe in her case it’s an issue of slower delivery or editing style - not sure.
I think a lot it boils down to good scripting and editing. Folding Ideas and Hbomb are both pretty carefully scripting their content and then pretty heavily editing it - it makes it feel like the video is going somewhere even when it’s long and there’s a lot of content. There are other creators with videos around the same length, or sometimes even shorter, that I’m never able to finish.
the extent to which tight editing and even the vibe makes a difference here is incredible, and yet at the same time so hard to articulate. it’s hard for me to describe why i can sit through a 6 hour video on the nuances of icarly, but not an hour long video which apparently has to do west elm caleb other than that sometimes the vibe just… isn’t there for a video, and other times it is
This style of video essay is a mixed bag for me. There are some content creators that I can watch hours long videos from and it doesn’t feel like a huge time investment (Hbomberguy, Folding Ideas), and then there are others where even 45 minutes feels like way too long. I think a lot it boils down to good scripting and editing. Folding Ideas and Hbomb are both pretty carefully scripting their content and then pretty heavily editing it - it makes it feel like the video is going somewhere even when it’s long and there’s a lot of content. There are other creators with videos around the same length, or sometimes even shorter, that I’m never able to finish. A lot of those are more the “Sitting in front of the camera with a glass of wine and rant about pop culture for an hour” style of video “essay”, but even some of the more scripted and edited stuff I have a hard time with (Philosophy Tube, Contrapoints). I suspect it’s just a matter of taste and style but I can’t put my finger on exactly the difference.
Side note: I actually found written transcripts of several of Philosophy Tube’s videos and found them much easier to digest, so maybe in her case it’s an issue of slower delivery or editing style - not sure.
the extent to which tight editing and even the vibe makes a difference here is incredible, and yet at the same time so hard to articulate. it’s hard for me to describe why i can sit through a 6 hour video on the nuances of icarly, but not an hour long video which apparently has to do west elm caleb other than that sometimes the vibe just… isn’t there for a video, and other times it is