Investigating Genres

Video essays are a commonly used genre in this day and age; especially in my life. For me video essays are succinct and artful ways to access information and I plan on using them for the rest of my life.
Generally, video essays are used to present creative pieces: poems, odes, pitches, and stories, and to present information; especially analyses of works of literature, cinema, or poetry.
One of the downfalls of this genre is how it is accessed. Typically, a video essay can be easily found online, however one usually is specifically searching for the video essay they end up watching. Therefore, this particularly avant-garde genre is restricted by the narrow interests of its viewers, unlike a video commercial which reaches large audiences who most likely were not intending to watch it.
As previously mentioned, on a video by video basis, video essays typically reach limited audiences. Typically the audiences of a video essay are restricted to those who specifically searched for the video essay in question or had it recommended to them by the website that the video essay was viewed on. In summary, people with specific intent search for and watch specific video essays.
The biggest distinguishing feature of video essays is the idea of audio video connection. Just as images pop into our heads when we hear words, images pop onto the screen in accordance to the narration.
A video essay is a genre that combines narration with photos and videos that illustrate or strategically juxtapose the narration. Typically, this genre is used for artistic or analytic purposes.
Reflection: Upon reading the other posts, I realized I could have done a lot more to abide by the conventions of the traditional blog post by adding pictures, using a numbered or bulleted format, and using shorter sentences. I felt that the information I presented, on the whole, was accurate to the prompt but definitely not as thorough as some of the other posts I read.
Noelle Young
Rashaan Malik