History of music videos

Music videos started as soon as cinema was developed, there came with it the opportunity to put songs to music

this was as early as the 1920s, jazz musicians began to make short films to accompany songs.

in 1965 Bob dylan made subterranean homesick blues as a segment of the film, don't look back

this is widely recognised as one of the first music videos

in the 1970s, producers of music television recognised an opportunity to make short promotional films to promote their artists

they began to make "promos" early music videos. these often replaced live performances which had previously been the most common way to promote releases on TV.

thriller was the first ever feature length music video

In 1983 Mj released thriller, a 14 minuet music video. it was shown in many cinemas during its release

That made artists realise the power of music videos

Comments

  1. JCoSS Media Dept23 January 2018 at 06:36

    A good summary of the history of music videos!
    For future blog posts, please embed relevant images/music videos

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