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Vitaphone Shorts
In 1926 "talkies" were introduced and many musical short films were produced. Vitaphone shorts was produced by Warner Bros and had lots of different bands, vocalists and dancers in it. Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and roughly 1,000 short subjects that were made by Warner Bros, the sister studio First National helped create it. -
St. Louis Blues
Blues singer Bessie Smith appeared in a two-reel short film called St. Louis Blues. The short film was created in 1929. The film features a performance of the famous song. Different musicians have appeared in short musicals during this period. -
Fantasia
Fantasia was released in 1940 and is an American animated film. Fantasia was produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. It consists of eight animated segments. The 8 segments ares pieces of classical music that have been conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Seven out of the eight of the segments are preformed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. -
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops is a British music chart television programme. Top of the Pops was made by the BBC. It was originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006. -
The Beatles
In 1964, The Beatles starred in their first feature film. The film was called A Hard Day's Night and was directed by Richard Lester. The film was shot in black-and-white and was presented as a mock documentary. It contained comedic and dialogue sequences with musical tones. The short film was a success and made $12,299,668 in the US box office. -
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
The band Queen hire Bruce Gowers so that he could make them a promotional video for their new single Bohemian Rhapsody. They wanted this video to be shown on the BBC music series Top of the Pops. The music magazine Rolling Stone has said of "Bohemian Rhapsody": "Its influence cannot be overstated, practically inventing the music video seven years before MTV went on the air -
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
In 1980,David Bowie's video for Ashes to Ashes became the most expensive ever made. It had a production cost of $582,000. This music video was the first music video to have a production cost of over $500,000. The video was made in solarised color with stark black-and-white scenes. The video became one of the most iconic ever made at the time, and its complex nature is seen as significant in the evolution of the music video. -
Music Television (MTV)
MTV is an American basic cable and satellite television channel. MTV is part of the Viacom Music and Entertainment Group. MTV headquarters are based in New York City. -
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Thriller was a 13 minute long music video. It was the first video MTV premiered world wide. Michael Jackson was the first artist to come up with and create and short film. After thriller came out, more music videos had a story line. Thriller has taken music videos to a new level. -
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The video for Californiancation was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The video takes the form of a fictional 3D video game. The music video is from the third-person point of view of each of the band members. Each member is on some kind of adventure, this various with each member. The band used the idea of video games which were very popular at the time. -
Youtube
YouTube is a global video-sharing website. The YouTube headquarters are based in San Bruno, California, United States. YouTube was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. This means that they are owned by google. -
Pork and Beans - Weezer
Weezer became famous through the video for Pork and Beans which was seen entirely online. Weezer captured this trend by using roughly 20 famous youtube celebrities in the music video for Pork and Beans. The single became one of the most successful songs of Weezer's career, that appeared in the charts. -
Gangnam Style - PSY
The video for Gangnam Style was directed by Cho Soo-hyun. The music video was filmed in Seoul for 48 straight hours. The music video was the first video to hit 1 billion views on YouTube.
