I did a video essay (and a 1,000 word reflective essay to go along with it) for my Film course and really enjoyed that. Takes some amount of time though so a lot of the students preferred a 2,000 word essay. You had the choice of either.
Must have done OK because I got 73%. Happy enough with that. When I started I had delusions of getting an honours degree but I think I need to lower my expectations. Or get considerably better structuring my essays.