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1. HISTORY OF MUSIC
VIDEOS

2. MUSIC VIDEOS
 What is the point of a music video?
Music videos are used to promote/ advertise the music and/or artist.
They can include long introductions and narratives.

3. 1950 AND 1960’S DEVELOPMENT
 One of the earliest music videos was Tony Bennet walking along Hyde Park.
 In the 1960’s, Big Bopper used to perform his songs and they would be aired in TV, even
though it was not notable, he came up with the term “rock video”
 Scoopitone Visual duke boxes coined in the 1960’s, visuals did loosely relate to lyrics and
music.
 The Beatles- Yellow Submarine
 Music videos were either shot on tour – The Beatles- A Hard Days Night – or on location –
Elvis Presley- Jail House Rock.
 Manufactured bands : - The Monkeys
- S Club 7

4. THE MODERN ERA (1970)
 The invention of a video replaced the 35mm film.
 Performance shots were still used but cameras were given to the
performers to film themselves.
 Devo made early self produced music videos in 1970
 Devo’s video cassette releases were arguably among the first true
long form of video production.
 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (1970)

5. 1980’S
 David Bowie – Ashes Tu Ashes: More sophisticated video
 Michael Jackson – Thriller : Special effects
 Michael Jackson used videos and MTV to showcase his short films.
 Heavy editing began.

6. MTV
 Madonna owes a lot of her success to MTV.
 First music video on MTV was video killed the radio star by The
Buggles.

7. MUSIC VIDEOS TODAY
 The information technology era meant people used MTV a lot
less.