, or any of the other artists who made long-form videos in the years between then and now. And of course, it’s not like there’s ever a shortage of concert films in the industry, either; the absence of a long-form category for the past half-decade, then, was probably due more to an identity crisis on said award’s part than something like a lack of supply, or the fluctuating nature of VMA categories more generally.
Aside from the logical question marks here, this sort of catch-all framework typically necessitates unfortunate cuts during the nomination process. One of the biggest surprises this year, for instance, was the omission of Halsey’s critically acclaimed film component to.
on Netflix — there were likely enough projects released during this most recent eligibility period to sketch out at least a couple different long-form categories. Which brings us to a more obvious point: while genre is a tricky and often debatable thing, more than half of the nominees for best longform video this year are… well… not videos. Even MTV itself classifiedas a documentary ahead of the Movie & TV Awards in June, where the film took home best music documentary.
Despite this being a fan-voted category , there’s no reason why it can’t still mirror and better respect the sort of visual innovation coming out of the industry in this cultural moment, when we have hour-long visual albums