1.
History of Music
Videos
A2 Media Studies
Nina De Lima

2.
Introduction
• A music video in short is a commercial video featuring a
performance of a popular song, often through a stylized
dramatization by the performers with lip-syncing and special
effects.
• These videos are produced in purpose of promotion or just
simply artistic reasons. It is crucial for artists in the music
industry to produce these kinds of things, it’s their way of
attempting to create a good impression for the public.

3.
Background
The first music video was produced in 1894
with the song “The Little Lost Child” by
Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern, a little short
animated video.
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4.
Music videos
in MTV
MTV was launched in 1981, and this was an
important era for music being the only television
channel with 24hrs of music. ‘Music Killed The
radio Star’ by the Buggles was the first music video
ever played on the MTV channel.

5.
MTV’s first 5
songs broadcasted
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6.
Music videos today
The music videos of today compared to the ones in the
80s have many differences with the production. Mainly
being the special effects, because of new technologies.
But also new ideas, concepts of shot angles, aesthetic,
etc.. In these modern days the typical video follows
narratives to do with heartbreak and relationships, where
the artist is portrayed in a sexual and productive way.
Despite all this, they still work in the same way they were
intended to, which is to identify with the song and
audience so it keeps them entertained and interactive.

7.
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Timeline of
music videos in
the 20th century
Soundies were an
early version of the
music videos,
produced in New
York, Chicago and
Hollywood between
1940-1946
Scopitone is a type
of jukebox. It was a
forerunner of music
video. The first
Scopitones were
made is France 1960
Promos were
short filmed
clips in the
1960’s
1975 – The first
pop music video
released:
"Bohemian
Rhapsody" by
Queen
MTV is an
American network
based in New York
City that launched
on August 1st 1981
1981 – the US video
channel MTV
launched the “Video
Killed the Radio
Star” and
“Beginning an era of
24-hour-a-day”
music video
Micheal Jackson
releases a 14-minute
music video on
December 2nd 1983
1980’s – High-quality color
videotape recorders and
portable video cameras
coincided, enabling many pop
acts to produce promo videos
fast

8.
Summary
 In this presentation the general history of music videos
and it’s background, along with some info about MTV.
 This research has led us to understand more about the
background of the beginning of music videos, and where
they all started. A timeline graph was also made to have a
clear idea of the development of the music video
industry.