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📼 Video essay collective making weird and fun collaborative projects: youtube.com/@theessaylibrary
📱 Discord server with 800+ members dedicated to the craft of video essays: theessaylibrary.com
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The latest @theessaylibrary.com collab is premiering any minute now- see a new micro-essay from me & 24 more pieces from other talented creators:

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25 Video Essays About Dreams
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September 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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OUT NOW: 25 new micro-essays about dreams, presented in a curated compilation on our YouTube channel.

Total runtime is just under half an hour, so set aside some time today to discover your next favorite video essayist!

📼 The Essay Library Anthology Vol. 9: Dreams [English CC] youtu.be/WeXz8kr7eck
25 Video Essays About Dreams
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September 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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kaiafterkai.bsky.social
We getting wacky and wild at today's camp meeting! Check my video about The Parent Traps, as well as everyone else's entries. Honestly might be one of our best.
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The Parent Trap but it's actually The Thing.
August 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I talk about Bart. And Krusty.

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August 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I'm in this!: youtu.be/R0UPigfW_JU
August 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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HEY I DID SOMETHING FOR THIS!
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August 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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🏕️ OUT NOW: Camp Essay Library - 20 new video essays about summer camp movies!

Watch 'em all here: youtu.be/_dNoJPSKcqc [1:24:10]
Camp Essay Library | the summer camp video essay anthology
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August 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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10 minutes to go!
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Premiering tomorrow: a creative supercut of all 29 Video Jam submissions condensed into six minutes. youtu.be/3orPbb18vTc?...
A 48 Hour Video Essay Journey
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February 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Premiering tomorrow: a creative supercut of all 29 Video Jam submissions condensed into six minutes. youtu.be/3orPbb18vTc?...
A 48 Hour Video Essay Journey
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February 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Analysis of color and setting in The Road Within (2014), made as a submission to @theessaylibrary.com's first-ever 48 hour Video Jam, the theme for which was "Journey"
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The Journeys Along "The Road Within"
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January 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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My entry for the 48hr Video Essay Jam hosted by @theessaylibrary.com

I hope you will like it too!
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Modern Day Herakles (The Essay Library 48hr Video Jam)
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January 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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kaiafterkai.bsky.social
New video courtsy of @theessaylibrary.com, who always seem to bring out the existential dread in me. Give it a watch.

LINK: youtu.be/s9nn8Rg7KoA?...
The thumbnail for Kai After Kai's video, "I Will Never Be An Adult", featuring Kai leaning back in their chair with the word "Bildungsroman" superimposed on top of the image.
January 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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jakeitup.bsky.social
This past weekend I participated in @theessaylibrary.com Video Jam!
We were tasked with making a video essay within 48 hour to the prompt ‘journey’. It was so much fun to participate and meet such a wonderful group of creators!!

Here is a link to my contribution:
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Video Games and the Moments In Between
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January 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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My contribution to the @theessaylibrary.com 2025 video jam
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What is Pilgrimage? (The Essay Library Video Jam 2025) | Video Essay by Shain Slepian
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January 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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January 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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As part of @theessaylibrary.com’s 2025 Essay Jam, I’ve made a video on the films of Gints Zilbalodis. Come watch what I was able to make in the span of 48 hours!

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Animated Journeys: the Films of Gints Zilbalodis
YouTube video by Henry Kathman
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January 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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kaltheskeleton.bsky.social
I joined in @theessaylibrary.com's 48 hour Video Jam with a short discussion on Journey and my own journey as a creator. You can see it here, and the other jam entries are in the Playlist linked in the description.

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Me, You(tube), and (The Hero's) Journey
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January 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Gamers, I have just submitted my entry for the very first @theessaylibrary.com Video Jam! Did a little video about Euro Truck Simulator 2 and did it a day early so I can go play Yugioh tomorrow. Check it out! 😌

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Video Thumbnail. A map of the UK from Euro Truck Simulator 2 is on the left, with the words "not real" on the right.
January 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Our first Video Jam is now underway, and the theme is JOURNEY! Stay tuned as Essay Library members attempt to create video essays in 48 hours. 👀

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Video Jam - YouTube
Submit your video essays created for The Essay Library's Video Jam.
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January 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Next weekend, The Essay Library is hosting a "Video Jam," a cross between a game jam and a 48-hour film festival. Solo essayists and teams are welcome. Join us as we try to create video essays in 48 hours! theessaylibrary.com#jam
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January 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I've created a starter pack to help members of The Essay Library Discord server find each other on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/QH9LFtw
November 13, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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queline.bsky.social
OUT NOW: 27 new video essays about seasons! 🍂❄🌷🏖

For The Essay Library Anthology Vol. 8, we invited video essayists to respond to the theme of "seasons" in 60 seconds. These are the results.

📺 youtu.be/ewoXycDfy4k
November 8, 2024 at 9:50 PM