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Bessie Smiths-ST.Louis Blues
This is one of the earliest examples of music videos that is well known today. It was shown in theatres in 1932, however we are able to get music videos almost anywhere now. This tells us how much technology has changed since then. -
Tony Bennet- Strangers in Paradise
12 Jun 1956 Tony's song "Stranger in paradise" was filmed in Hyde Park, London and was played across UK and US television stations. However, Bennett later claimed that his music video was the very first. This was the first example of using music videos on TV, this would lead on to create channels like MTV and Top of the pops. -
The Beatles- A Hard Days Night
A very important momment in the develpoment in Music Video history was the Beatles "A hard days night", influencing the filming of music videos that all/many contemporrary artists use today. It was an important time. -
The Beatles- Penny Lane
The Beatles took a huge step foward for their next video and started using the codes and conventions that modern post productions teams know today, such as dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles and rhythmitic editing. This paved the way for modern music videos. -
Accidents Will Happen- Elvis Costello
Released in the pre-MTV days, this gorgeous clip by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton was selected for an exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2003. -
Thriller
Voted as the most influential pop music video of all time. The original video was 14 minutes long. The budget had been rumoured around $500,000-1 million dollars. The video was directed by John Landis, who directed American Warewolf in London. The impact of the video was huge and has insipred many artists and helped to push the music video into the mainstream. This brought attention to Music Videos, as more artists started to see this was becoming more popular. -
Animated Music Video- Take on Me
The first animated music video to go on MTV was created in 1985 for the song ‘Take on me’ by Norwegian pop group ‘A-Ha’. The video was directed by Steve Baron. It took 16 weeks to complete, rotoscoping 3,000 frames! -
Daft Punk- One More time
An animated music video that was one of the first to use japanese style of art called anime. -
Youtube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, Created February 2005 and owned by Google since late 2006, on which users can upload, view and share videos. This really helped music videos progress as it pushes them more into the modern age. People were able to upoad their music videos online for free. This way we can see both professional and independant music videos. -
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
This music video was done using animation and actual filming of actors. They were combined using modern programmes on the computer to create this effect. Compared to older animated videos, they use modern techniques as opposed to traditional 2d frame by frame animation. -
Taylor Swift Bad Blood
In the current music video era that we live in today the adoption of the 'Sex Appeal' of females has monoplised the music industry, rather than choosing the more traditional methods because they are less profitable. In this Music video the women are dressed as trained assassins appealing to a male demographic too. -
Gangnam Style
Gangnam Style was done by korean, PSY who released this funny youtube Music Video that become popular in the west. It now has over 1 billion views making it the most watched video on youtube. -
Feel Good Inc- Gorilaz
“Feel Good Inc,” seamlessly blends computer animation with traditional two dimensional, creating an extremely unique and interesting look. According to the band’s audio commentary, the video was “inspired by a lot of Japanese animation with the colors, the textures, and the tones.”
