History of music videos
What is a music video?
A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a piece of music or song. Modern music videos are normally used a marketing device.
Early music videos
The first actual music videos or 'promos' were filmed in the mid 1950's, however before then as early as the 1920's, but these were labeled as visual music rather then a 'music video' or 'promos.'
Early music videos
The first actual music videos or 'promos' were filmed in the mid 1950's, however before then as early as the 1920's, but these were labeled as visual music rather then a 'music video' or 'promos.'
An example of an early music video is 'St Louis Blues - Bessie smiths/ 1929. Blues singer 'Bessie smith' appeared in a two reel short film called St Louis Blues.In 1940 Walt Disney released 'Fantasia' an animated short film based around a piece of classical music.
The first actual music videos or 'promos' were filmed in the mid 1950's, however before then as early as the 1920's, but these were labeled as visual music rather then a 'music video' or 'promos.'
1950-1960 development
in 1956 'Tony Bennett' was filmed walking along the serpentine in Hyde park as his song 'Stranger in paradise' played. This film was played by Uk and US television stations, leading 'Bennett to claim he made the first actual music video or 'promo.'
The defining work of the modern music video was the Beatles first major motion picture 'A hard days night' 1964. The musical segments in this music video arguably set out the basic visual vocabulary of todays music videos.
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