History of music videos

By daniellaconnor

  • 1930 - screen songs were introducedand series of cartoon films encouraged audiences to sing along by following the lyrics on the screen

    screen songs were introducedand series of cartoon films encouraged audiences to sing along by following the lyrics on the screen
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    Timeline for history of music videos

  • 1930 – Ancestors of the music video. Many artists were involved in dramatized performances of hit songs.

    in the early 1930s cartoons featured popular musicians performing their number 1 songs. Walt Disney produced many animated film such as the Silly Symphonies.

  • 1930 – musical films was a film genre

    The musical film is a film genre in which songs are sung by the characters and linked into the narrative, this can often include dancing.

  • 1940 – 1949 - Arrival of promotion clips

  • 1940 - Disney released an animated film based around famous pieced of classical music (Fantasia)

  • 1950 - The Scopitone was created

    The Scopitone is a type of juke box and were a forerunner of music videos. The Scopitone was invented in France and shorts films were produced by many French artists such as Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Durtronc. This then proliferated to other countries creating more similar juke boxes such as the Cinebox in Italy and Color-Sonic in USA.

  • 1960 - Music videos started to become more choreographed

    In the 1960s more artists started to make shot films in their music videos, recordings of live performances developed and chorepraphy was introduced.

  • 1964 - Top of the Pops

    Music videos started to become about the live performances and getting your music out there. The popular show Top Of The Pops had bands singing on there every week, help promoting their music; this was a substitute for when bands went on tour.

  • 1964 - The Beatles starred in their first feature film

    The Beatles starred in their first feature film A Hard Day’s Night. The clip was shot in black and white and presented as a mock documentary.

  • 1974–1980 – Beginnings of music television

  • 1978 - Smash Hits

    Smash Hits was a popular pop music magazine in late 1970s. The name continues as a brand for a related spin-off digital television channel.

  • 1980s - special effects in music videos

    1980s - special effects in music videos
    In the early 1980s artists started to use more effects in their videos and began to add a storyline or plot to the music video. An example is Michael Jackson who was the first artist to create the concept of the short film.

  • 1981 – MTV was launched, the first video to be shown is Buggles - Video killed the Radio Star

  • 1981–1991: Music videos go mainstream

    Because of the launch of MTV, music videos were shown 24 hours a day on TV. Making a music video was inexpensive and easy to use therefore, there were many aspiring directors out there wanting to create a music video.

  • 1983 - Michael Jackson

    Michael Jackson song 'Thriller' was the most influencial short music video with special effects and the whole purpose of it being a short film

  • 1992–2004: Rise of the directors

    in November 1992, Music videos has become auteur's medium as MTV began listing the directors with the artist and song credits. An auteur theory is when a director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision,

  • 2000 - Genres

    More genres were being introduced such as dubstep, dance pop, pop rock and urban. This made it better for the audience as they had different types of genre they may prefer.

  • 2000 - piracy

    MP3 files and online downloads changed the way the music industry work due to an increase in piracy and decrease in prices of music.

  • 2003 - Black music introduced

    Black music were bought into the industry (Tinie Tempah, Kendrick Lamar, Labrinth, 50cent, Kanye West)

  • 2005 - YouTube

    The creation of YouTube encouraged the public to go on the website and upload videos of them singing, dancing and even comedy acts. This helped the young producers to get their videos out to a wider audience group and make it easy to promote their product.

  • 2005 - Popularity of the internet

    The popularity of the internet meant that the music industry were able to access their audience via different platforms and reach a bigger audience.

  • 2005 - present

    DVD releases of music videos (behind the scene clips) and concerts (Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Kanye West)

  • 2009 - Vevo

    Vevo is managed by YouTube and is where all official music videos are published.