History of Music Video

Oscar Fishchinger

Feb 6, 1920

Fantasia
Komposition in Blau

History of Music Video

Period: Feb 6, 1920 to Feb 6, 1985

Musicals

Feb 6, 1946

MGM
Early form of music video

Music on TV

Feb 6, 1950

American Bandstand in th 50's
Ready Steady Go in the 60's
Top of The Pops in the 60's

Jailhouse Rock

Feb 6, 1957

Elvis Presley performing multiple numbers
Early prototype of music video

A Hard Day's Night

Feb 6, 1964

Directed by Richard Lester
Documentary of the Beatles
Most important movie in history for Music Video

QUEEN

Feb 6, 1975

Bohemian Rapsody
Not the first music video, bubt the first to use special effects

British Artists

Feb 6, 1979

British Bands saw potential of music video early
Exploited the use of music video and made some ludicrous videos, eg. Duran Duran - RIO

MTV

Aug 1, 1981

New Culture
Made the music industry a lot different
"Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles - First ever music video on MTV

Thriller

Feb 6, 1983

Short Film
Groundbreaking money used - $80,000 to $1 Million
Big names like John Landis and Vincent Price

Music Television Expansion

Feb 6, 1984

Specialised Channels
Ever growing
Still important today

MTV Awards

Feb 6, 1984

Used new categories which included best Special FX andMost Experimental Video
Directors began working in music for this