Yes, Nick Moore’s video essay on video essays is quite meta and as entertaining as it sounds. Video essays are a different approach to the traditional written essay, and quite honestly, a lot more engaging and beneficial for people with hyper attention (I can attest to that). The one thing that Moore emphasises is that there’s no formula when it comes to creating a video essay. Indeed, no need of the TEEL structure that we’re constantly bombarded with in high school.

According to Moore, “supercuts are the easiest to make” while also providing a montage of anything. In this case, we would have to use copyright material sparingly for educational purposes such as providing evidence or an example to the topic. Throughout the entire video, Moore was conversational and kept a witty tone that provided the entertainment factor. Upon meeting with my group, this entertainment factor became our aim through witty dialogue and constantly referring to recent and popular examples. Moreover, our focus was on the script and establishing humour both visually and aurally.

Another thing that Moore brought to my attention, was the way we were to present our references. As a group, we came to the consensus that we were to feature Desktop screenshot and use subtitles for the video snippets. In order to carry the essay along, we have decided to combine voice narration with a host to camera rather than just relying on voice narration alone. Right after viewing this tutorial, we’ve all become comfortable to what we were to tackle this essay and now have a vision to what we want to achieve as a group. A big thank you to you Nick Moore!