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Illustrated songs
Pictures and silent clips were shown alongside music in cinemas to promote sheet music. These were projected wsith glass slides as pianists and other musicians playedhe music. -
The first music video
First videoKnown as "The Dickson Experimental Sound Film"
Simply a test to see if sound and video could be synchronised. -
The Bouncing Ball was created
Now a popular feature on children's TV and karaoke, the bouncing ball follows lyrics in order that audiences can sing along. -
The first 'talkie'
The first full length 'talkie'-The Jazz Singer was produced and proved a hit with audiences worldwide. It was the beginning of fully recognised sound on film and the end of pianists in cinemas! -
Jukeboxes with video
3 minute clips called 'soundies' were shown on projections simillar to jukeboxes, they included music and dance. -
The term 'music video' is coined
Jiles Perry Richardson (The Big Bopper) used the term in an interview. He died the same year. -
The Beatles made use of music video technology
The Beatles were the first of many artists to use TV to promote themseves. Short promo clips would be broadcast. -
'Countdown' and 'Sounds'
These were Australian TV programmes featuring mainly music videos. These shows proved very popular. -
MTV
Video Killed The Radio StarThe beginning of a new era for music videos. Now a very popular musc video TV station, MTV was launched! The first music video aired was a massive Buggles hit called Video Killed The Radio Star. -
Movie making and music video's meet!
ThrillerMichael Jackson's Thriller set the standard for narrative music video's by including 4 minutes of acting before the song even started! It won a well deserved MTV award as well as a grammy. -
Lyric Videos
Prince created a lyric video to 'Sign o' The Times'. This was the start of lyric videos. -
Directors
Now, directors of music videos were shown in credits, as the number of directors grew. This is the time where directors such as Hype Williams got their break. -
Reality TV
'The Real world' was pioneered on MTV and was the start of what would become a very popular genre comethe mid noughties'. MTV and sister channels largely abandoned their music output in favour of reality TV shows in the end. -
Peer-to-peer sharing
Napster, a service which allows the sharing of music and videoswas launched and ran between 1999-2001 -
The internet...
In 2005, the internet was beginning to become fast enouch for video to be viewed. This is when sites like Youtube began!