History of the music video

  • Thomas alva Edison

    invented the gramophone
  • Period: to

    History of the timeline

  • The jazz singer 1927

    Half silent movie, half musical
  • The gold-diggers of 1933

  • Top hat

    Fred astaire- big star but a bit old for the arrival of film
  • Alexander Nevsky 1838

    firt sound track specifically commisioned. first video that set action to music
  • Fantasia Disney

    Arguably the first music video. walt disney was trying to get his audience interested in classical music by making a cartoon to go specifically with the music
  • Gene kelly singing in the rain

    Focus on dramatic context. peak of musical films, big stars of out singers and dancers
  • west side story

  • Ready steady go

    live porformances in order to sell the band. dedicated specifically to music
  • the Animals

    very ealry music video, specifically desgned to sell the band, camera shots used to focus on the artist and cultivate image.