Chronological Key History of music video

1930 - Music started to be used in films and to make the experience of watching the film more enjoyable, this was the first sort of music videos that where seen, however are very different to the music videos that we have become used to today.

1940 - Short lips with music where showed on TV that featured jazz bands of the time, this is the first live performance style music video that where shown and are partially the inspiration for both music videos and adverts we see today.

1965 - The beetles began releasing promotional music videos before the latest releases to help promote sales of the album. This is an early example of using extra footage to increase profit making the industry about more than just the music and performance.

1974 - MTV was released, the first time a channel dedicated to just music videos was shown on television and at the time was the only way that people viewed music videos, this channel shaped a generation and opened peoples eyes to more and new genres of music.

1983 - One of the earliest Narrative music videos Michael Jackson released the thriller music video one of the longest music videos that had ever been made at the time was incredibly popular and still is today as it showed both the artist and a narrative to go along with it.

2005 - Technology improved and thanks to the internet sites such and youtube and iTunes where released making it easy and free to watch music videos from nearly anywhere and are one of the most common ways that music videos are watched today.

Final Plot Ideas (Preliminary Task)

This is our final plot ideas: The main character (a young boy) puts on his superhero mask and runs into his garden to get into his tent/den. The tent then transports him into another woodland world in which there will be others all dancing. In the middle of all the dancing and partying in the new forest the young boy will trip up/fall over in some way and as he hits the floor he will be transported back to his garden and outside the tent/den. The boy will then realise he's back home and may be greeted by his mother asking wheres he been (that scene will be dependant on availability of actors). We tried to keep our idea as simplistic as possible, this was to ensure that we didn't over complicate the meaning of the video which is simply just about the young boy enjoying himself in his own imagination when he has the safety of his superhero costume on.

Ballerina

One of my main characters is a girl about the age of 18, who aspires to be a professional ballet dancer. In the music video she is under a lot of pressure as she is auditioning for the main part in a show for a major ballet company. You she her go through a period of self criticism and competition to achieve her goal. The process pushes her to new limits and its only her love of ballet that keeps her going. It becomes her escape and the only way she can truly express herself.

Research of existing music videos - Dizzee Rascal - Bassline Junky

This is effective in using live performance and syncing the miming with the song lyrics throughout the entirety of the music video. After watching numerous student videos who have failed really bad in successfully syncing the miming, therefore during my music video any live performance I have will be minimalistic to prevent it from appearing out of time. This video lacks a narrative that's separate from the lyrics itself, watching the video without any sound it would be hard to get a story or what's relevant which is effective for this light hearted song but is not something I want to replicate in my video.

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