History of music videos


The history music videos
  • as soon as cinemas were developed, there came with it the opportunity to put songs to music 
  • as early as the 1920's, jazz musicians began to make shirt films to accompany popular songs
  • In 1965, Bob Dylan made "Subterranean homesick blues" is widely recognised as one of the first music videos.
  • In 1970's, producers of music television recognised an opportunity to make short promotional films to promote their artists
  • They began to make 'promos' - early music videos. theses often replaced live performances which had previously been the most common way to promote releases on TV.
  • In 1975 Queen released "bohemian Rhapsody" with a groundbreaking video which marked the beginning of the music era and set the language for modern music video - this video is considered to be the one of the first to use advanced visual effects.
  • Soon artists released the oiler of the music videos and how it could affect their image
  • In his 1988 book Moonwalk, Jackson expressed interest in having the director John Landis direct the music video "thriller". Having seen Landis' previous work on a horror film. Jackson based himself on a character from Landis' film.
  • In 1983 MJ released thriller, a 14 minute music video. it was shown in many cinemas during its release. this led to acting roles in films including 1990 when he starred in Arachnophobia.








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  1. JCoSS Media Dept23 January 2018 at 00:22

    A good summary - ensure that you embed relevant images/videos and use web 2.0 tools to display your work.

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