History of music videos

History of music videos

 

First ever music video was Bessie Smith Saint Louis Blues.

 

1940’s – Walt Disney released Fantasia and at this stage of the history of music duke box’s started to appear but faded away through the war.

 

1950/60’s – started filming people just dancing, no set dance had to be performed. Now Scopitone jukebox’s became present and they were found in places like cafes and all you had to do was press a button and on the screen would appear people dancing along to a piece of music .

 

1960’s – Beatles first major motion picture – people now started to make specific videos for their music, so the music video would relate to the lyrics making it more enjoyable for the audience.

 

1970’s – this was the turning point for music as now the whole piece was shot and edited on videotape. An example is Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. Also in the 70’s top of the pops started.

 

1980’s – MTV was launched and the first music video was to be aired. Also within this era ‘softer’ music became apparent for the older generation. Moreover, Peter Gabriel used special effects and animations in his music video.

 

Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was launched and this music video had a big impact on the music industry as it incorporated different special effects and added a whole new dimension to music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ