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by WirelessGigabit 1230 days ago
Indeed! Nice 'documentary' (what do you call this format?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccneE_gkSAs

3 comments

Your question turned out to be intriguing!

I thought I did not have a reason to employ a name or even think of productions like this as a format.

But, as you point out, the right name is unclear, and just calling it "a video" begs for a "what format?" discussion.

I like "video essay" quite a lot myself. Documentary can work too, but seems a bit off and I am struggling to express why.

Maybe one of us can ask the Technology Connections guy what name he would use. We might get a whole video on the subject!

I am going to ask. Join me. Very curious what he would say, and he would be among the top people qualified to talk about these things too.

Perhaps you could call it a video essay?
It has some history, definition of terms, connections to other tech, opinion / advocacy, all wrapped up into one "something."

Seems more than a documentary. Can totally be a video essay.