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Fragments - A Journal of videographic form and method @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social · 19h

"is it a humorous piece? Disturbing? What is the broader context from which this fragment comes? Will it feature in the final essay film or, like the damp loaf, is it now to be discarded?" @bolddecade.bsky.social's fragment in our 2nd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/06/19/s...

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Fragments - A Journal of videographic form and method @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social · 1d

"In Joel’s piece (and his description) I enjoy the idea of returning to a ‘safe’ videographic space, in this case the supercut, though one which is less ‘cut’ and more ‘blend’." Joel Blackledge's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/07/03/t...

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Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social · 1d

So very excited to announce that as of today the number of Videographic Books in the world has doubled! Check out ADAPTIVE FORMS, Gregory Brophy & Shawn Malley's fabulous new open-access book on contemporary science-fiction - complete with video essays on ARRIVAL, SNOWPIERCER, BLACK PANTHER, etc.!!!

Adaptive Forms: Videographic Criticism and Contemporary Science Fiction Film

An examination of media adaptation in contemporary science fiction film, with 14 video essays <br><i>Part of the <a href="https://www.leverpress.org/videographicbooks/">Videographic Books</a> series</...

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Cormac Donnelly @cormacrestrike.bsky.social · 5d

'The Anthropocene Will Eat Itself' has made the official selection for the Adelio Ferrero Video Essay prize. Exciting stuff vimeo.com/1074720429

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Fragments - A Journal of videographic form and method @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social · 6d

"There is something in its constructed-ness that seems to demand a normative reading of the video, i.e., what it is saying about this character—the wrestler—and how he is treated by the film and by himself." @arielavissar.bsky.social's fragment in our 2nd collection. fragments.video/2025/06/19/t...

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Fragments - A Journal of videographic form and method @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social · 8d

"The physical recreation of a footage bin...from magazine clippings combines with the carefully arranged Cheezit timeline and other elements to be entirely familiar as an editing space" Benedetta Andreasi's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more fragments.video/2025/06/25/c...

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Fragments - A Journal of videographic form and method @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social · 13d

Our 2nd Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. 9 fragments (from eight creators) ranging from 35 seconds to an hour. fragments.video

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Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social · Jul 22

I've been working on this project for a long time and am excited to finally share "The Video Essay About The Show" publicly! It's a multipart video essay about "The Show About The Show," the cult webseries - check it out:

The Video Essay About The Show

For the past year, I’ve been working on a long-form project that I’m finally ready to share publicly. In Fall 2024, I taught a new course entitled Faking Reality: Mockumentaries, Hoaxes…

justtv.wordpress.com

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Cormac Donnelly @cormacrestrike.bsky.social · Jul 18

A wonderful new research/writing/thinking tool for moving image work. Bravo

Shane Denson @shanedenson.bsky.social · Jul 15

I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos.

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Cormac Donnelly @cormacrestrike.bsky.social · Jul 18

My new video essay featured in the first issue of Cinégraphia, the journal of the Sydney Literature and Cinema Network.
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You can find the journal at the link below
openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/Cinegraphia/...

The Anthropocene Will Eat Itself

Featured in the first issue of Cinégraphia: Journal of Literature, Film, and Other Media https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/Cinegraphia/issue/view/1380 Screening…

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Fragments - A Journal of videographic form and method @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social · Jun 6

"I was genuinely excited by the idea of ‘seeing through sound’...with an immediate feeling of ‘I want to try that!’." @cormacrestrike.bsky.social's fragment published as part of our first collection. Find out more here fragments.video/2025/03/04/b...

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Cormac Donnelly @cormacrestrike.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hello old friend. On television now in the UK. And all the grain is gone? Or is this me remembering it differently?

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Fragments - A Journal of videographic form and method @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social · May 28

We are delighted to launch ‘Fragments’, a new journal of experimental videographic form and method. Please enjoy our first collection of fragments and check out our evolving manifesto to learn a little more about our ambitions for this journal. fragments.video

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Steve Yedlin @steveyedlin.bsky.social · May 2

Fellow film tech nerds, today I'm launching a brand new demo debunking some common misconceptions about so-called "HDR" colorspace. Up now on my website.
#NerdyFilmTechStuff
www.yedlin.net/DebunkingHDR

Debunking HDR

by Steve Yedlin

www.yedlin.net

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Will DiGravio @willdigravio.bsky.social · May 1

The Video Essay Podcast returns!

@jmittell.bsky.social joins to discuss his new videographic book, The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad, the first in a series he edits for Lever Press.

Listen here:

thevideoessay.com/jason-mittel...

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jan 4

New issue of @intransition.bsky.social is here! Issue 11.4 features 10 peer-reviewed video essays on queer spectatorship, vampires, pop music in fanvids, female subjectivity in socialist cinema, unfulfilled love stories, and more. Check them out: intransition.openlib...

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