This video essay – as a whole, was very in depth and made me interested in the film that then challenges me to see what they saw.As the dust begins to settle on the French Riviera, film buffs are fighting over whether first-time director László Nemes was robbed of the Palme d’Or for his highly praised Holocaust drama, Son of Saul. The video speaks about the plot, but the essay itself is not a reiteration of the plot, instead, it functions as an explanation of how the elements of the film affect the plot and the ways in which the overall narrative structure of this piece is unique and create a novel experience for the film viewer. This videoessay – uses footage from other movies and makes comparisons to strengthen his arguments and to showcase the ways in which this film sets itself apart from others, while still using recognizable shots and styles. This video essay does a very good job of critically thinking about the film and the ways in which the director’s choices created a film with multiple stylistic layers. I feel the use of each respective element worked well and no other text/infographic was necessary. The video essay uses infographic and texts, however, this is only utilized once in the video. I wonder if longer video essays are inherently explanatory or if there are any experimental or poetic videos that span 10+min. Voiceover dominates the essay and it is purely explanatory – focusing on the structure of the film. The way in which the plot is put on its head with the distancing from the cause-effect plot lone to an effect-cause plotline.Ī 14 min discussion of this movie is done longer than any other videographic film essays I have seen before. One of the unique functions present in this movie is the manner in which the director took on a new way of passing time – the inclusion of a clock with a familiar sounding tick of a bomb made for a compelling addition to the film and served as an important motif to understanding the plot and conclusion of the film. The video talks about the unique experience and novel narrative structure this movie contains.

The film goes to look at the way our actions or non-actions have effects and our complacency to react to certain stimuli may end in either positive or negative outcome.

A film that takes place in France and looks at the lives of different minorities, Jewish, Black, and Arab. This video graphic essay talks about the French film – La Haine.

La haine so far so good