Absolutely chuffed to win the BAFTSS videographic criticism award for my video essay 'The Anthropocene will eat itself'. Such a blast to be at my first in person BAFTSS conference in somewhat sunny Bournemouth criticalcommons.org/view?m=pA9FR...

Fragments is heading to the BAFTSS conference in April and we'd like to invite you to take part in our 'Playful Parameters' videographic interlude. Find the instructions to our short (and hopefully) fun videographic exercise at the link below. 9th April deadline fragments.video/reels-a-play...

Our 4th Collection of experimental videographic practice is now live. This themed collection comes courtesy of Alan O'Leary, comprising outtakes from his videographic project 'Men Shouting: A History in 7 Episodes' and featuring a response letter by Will Knowles. Find it all here fragments.video

I finished this video essay in June 2025 and included a flash frame of the Doomsday clock showing 89 seconds to midnight. And now it's out of date... vimeo.com/1074720429

Péter Lichter and Bori Máté's fragment shows "just how much the definition of a fragment can be stretched". Read their extended exploration of the making of the film and watch it as part of our 2nd collection of fragments. Find our more here fragments.video/2025/07/28/t...

"It’s a subtle (and welcome) reminder of how seemingly insignificant details can, when collated, lead to new ideas or prove worthy of greater aesthetic appreciation." Andrea Comiskey's fragment published as part of our 2nd collection. Read more here fragments.video/2025/06/19/p...

"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...

"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...

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.!!!

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

"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...

"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...

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

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:

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

My new video essay featured in the first issue of Cinégraphia, the journal of the Sydney Literature and Cinema Network. vimeo.com/1074720429 You can find the journal at the link below openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/Cinegraphia/...

"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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

The Sight and Sound video essay poll for 2024 is out! My first time voting which was a real honour (thanks to the organisers for inviting me). Something for everyone in here. Enjoy! www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

A fabulous collection of new video essay work here.

Brand new issue up with 10 video essays!!! Check them out: intransition.openlibhums.org/issue/1295/i...

Reinstating the office cd player is genuinely the best decision I've made in a long time

Check out @cormacrestrike.bsky.social's “Sound Stack, Soundwalk, Southworth” at SCREENWORKS, a videographic portfolio that questions the extent to which a scholar (the creator) might go before they consider a piece of videographic research to be ‘complete’ www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...

The reason Hong Kong action films used to be the most kinetic? In the words of the late David Bordwell:

On November 28, 1961, Alfonso Cuarón was born. He has directed just eight feature films but often does double duty on his movies. He's won Academy awards as director, producer, editor and cinematographer. Here's a selection of half o dozen video essays to celebrate his birthday. 🧵📽️ #filmsky

The angry cadence of THE RHYTHMS OF RAGE is both catchy and cathartic. @barbarazecchi.bsky.social mixes dozens of film and tv clips of enraged women into a video essay that pulses powerfully.

We invite contributions to “𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭”, a special edition of the ScreenStarsDictionary dedicated to aging actors. Please send an email with your idea to Barbara ([email protected]), Ariel ([email protected]) and Vicente ([email protected]) by 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐, 2025

Starting my thread of pauses again

Hark, do I hear "eldritch gurgling"? Or a "wet squelch"? The Soundtrack's latest has essays on how sound & screenplay blend together in ENYS MEN + the sound captioning in STRANGER THINGS & THE LAST OF US. @kingsleymarshall.bsky.social James Deaville #horror intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

Today's class screening. A wonderfully crafted piece... vimeo.com/857446024

Filmmaking is as pragmatic as it is creative. The song that plays over the closing credits of The Cry of the Owl is a case in point. CHOOSING DEATH ROW SONGS, a video essay by John Gibbs, explains how rights issues complicated the audio post-production of the film, but enriched the end result.

Physical Media! vimeo.com/1031165637/2...

💙 My baby is here 💙 ILUMINACE 2/2024 - OPEN ACCESS - TEXTS & AV ESSAYS What if we stopped asking how computers shape moving images and asked: how is computer iconography represented in audiovisual media? Dive into the complex portraits of computer labor in film & TV. See: bit.ly/3YMMG5m

Worth visiting to read the 1 (AI?) comment that's been left. Yours sincerely, Professor Connelly aeon.co/videos/a-hau...

Loved being able to share this amazing video essay with my students today. youtu.be/jz7nOzBv7eE?...

If you have 88 minutes to spare you can join me on a soundwalk around Boston www.screenworks.org.uk/archive/volu...

I'm here for the 'low double digit' video essays 😁📼 Amazing work by the list curators, and thanks to the wonderful people who wrote nice things about some of my work. Take your time to enjoy this brilliant list www.bfi.org.uk/polls/best-v...

It's that time of year: the annual Best Video Essays poll is up! Gratified that a few respected colleagues nominated my work and that @intransition.bsky.social had so many works highlighted - but more excited to dive into the dozens of great-sounding videos I haven't watched yet! Share your faves...

According to my not-at-all scientific study, 1 in 10 films begins with 'meaningful sound' (open to interpretation!) before picture. And here is a video essay featuring 60 of them... vimeo.com/816886504

Can't resist props for lecturers (they're empty sadly)

Screened 'American Movie' for my students today. Uncle Bill's dialogue recording in the car remains one of my favourite things. RIP Uncle Bill. youtu.be/TSzHvRVE5uM?...

It's not a bad classroom