Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Industrial Context: Music Video

 History Of Music Videos


1935- First music video

Len Lye-kaleidoscope: used editing to change the patterns at the same pace of the music 

1950s- Scopitones

Jukeboxes had visuals which would play when song selected. They were mainly perfomative and held no narrative 

1960s- Beatles feature length and Bob Dylan created the iconic 'subterranean homesick blues' music video 



1970s- New softwares introduced special effects

Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' used ground breaking high budget technology that entertained audiences with enticing special effects 



1980s- MTV

MTV played music videos 24/7 so many artists created them to gain publicity. Micheal Jackson created Thriller in 1983  which was a hit with MTV due to its 13 minute length. Beginning of music videos being a cultural integrity to music.





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