History of Music videos

A music video is a short film/video that goes with a peice of music/song.
Modern music videos are made to market and promote the sale of music records. Before the 1980's music videos used to be described various different names such as 'filmed insert. promotional film, promotional clip or film clip' it was only in the 1980's that the name 'music video' came into use.

An early form of music video were one-song films called promotional clips made in the 1940s for the panoram visual jukebox. These were short films including music, usually just a band on a movie set bandstand. Movie musicals were inspired by Micheal Jackson, Madonna, David Bowie and Bjork these are recording artists who connected to movie musicals and contempary pop graphics. Directors such as Jean-Bartiste Mondino, Michel Gondry, Jean-Paul Goude, Mark Romanek, Marcus Nispel, Spike Jonze and Ben Stokes created music videos which highlighted the dance and singing.

In places such as China music videos are known as MTVs because MTV was responsilbe for making music videos popular. Thirty years ago before MTV made music videos popular they used to be less important then they are now, MTV gave power to music videos, they started broadcasting in 1981 in the USA. The first video ever played on MTV was 'Video killed the radio star'. Because MTV started broadcasting music videos 24 hours a day it meant that more music videos needed producing, this was when music videos then started to play a important role in artists careers.

MTV became highly controversial, some people saw what they did asa new era in music, others thought of it to mark the end of true musical talent, as artists became more appreciated for their looks instead of their vocal abilities. Nowadays the music videos is just as important as the song itself, music videos sometimes also decide the sucess of a song/artist.

Many musical artists made their careers a success by using music videos. As an important part of the music industry, music videos not only showcase an artist's singing talent, but also how they perform. The history of music videos shows how the use of the videos transformed the music industry.