Grayox@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoAn Academy award or Oscar at least.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down151file-text
arrow-up1184arrow-down1imageAn Academy award or Oscar at least.lemmy.mlGrayox@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down16·1 year agoNo, 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.
minus-squaredmonzel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoDo you think a video essay is just someone reading off of a piece of paper in front of a camera?
minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·1 year agoYep that’s what it means, a video of an essay. Unless you’re down with El Hombre or the vatos
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoMarshall McLuhan might disagree. The medium is the message.
minus-squareOok the Librarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAre you upset that the Oscars only consider films and not books?
minus-squarewolfshadowheart@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoProducing 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.
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.
Do you think a video essay is just someone reading off of a piece of paper in front of a camera?
Yep that’s what it means, a video of an essay. Unless you’re down with El Hombre or the vatos
No
Marshall McLuhan might disagree.
Are you upset that the Oscars only consider films and not books?
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.