music videos

  • first ever music videos

    Thomas Edison filming a fiddle player in a theatre
  • music flims moved to the big screen

    music films moved to the big screen with jamming the blues using different camera angles and different types of lighting and more. Others like Oscar Fishing Joe interpreted classical music with images of colourful shapes.
  • kinetoscopes & Sandy's

    "music clips" created during 1900 where played in kinetoscopes when coins were inserted in the machines which was the same method used in the Sandy's machines during the 1950s
  • TV and music videos

    During this decade on TV you could see rock stars like Elvis Presley playing in live concerts and other bands like the Beatles broadcasted in british TV videos containing more narrative and psychedelic images with the aim of transmitting something to the audience.
  • Mtv creation

    A TV Chanel were music videos were playing constantly and were new and old music figures could promote their music. It first aired in 1981 and by 1990 it changed the direction of what they were broadcasting to more reality shows.
  • technology and music videos

    During the late 90s the prices of technology in general dropped which meant more and more people could have access to cameras and editing software. This unintentionally motivated bands and artists to film their own music videos and show them to the world.
  • Video platforms on the internet

    The creation of a platform like youtube in 2006 helped the dying music video industry in TV to move to this platform which made it easier for ordinary people to watch and listen to peoples music which helped the music industry grow.