Music videos are described as a visualized form of pop music used as a promotional tool and to showcase an artist's singing talent, but also how they perform.
In 1926 Warner Bros produced Vitaphone shorts which featured many bands, vocalists and dancers. The series was called Spooney Melodies and is arguably the first ever music video and showcased popular tunes of the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g4hnwt8jdU
In 1929 a short film of blues singer Nick Graves appeared called St. Louis Blues with actors acting out the song. After this many other musicians turned the hands to the musical shorts and such as musician Louis Jordan in the 1940s who made short films for his songs, some of which could be played together as a feature film called Lookout Sister.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1sH7u_o5qU
These early advancements in creativity, music distribution and technology formed the foundations for many more music videos and ‘Promotional Clips’ were born. These were specifically made for the Panoram visual jukebox which offered short films of musical selections.
These were usually just a band on a movie-set bandstand,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeoNhJdnaUM
This is still a popular format in today’s music industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVboOdX9icA
Musical films are a good example of music presented visually and are another important ancestor to the modern music video, several well-known music videos have inspired by classic Hollywood musicals. A good example is the popular 1985 Madonna hit ‘Material Girl’ which was largely inspired by ‘Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend’ from film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miBiMAF3fy0
Several of Michael Jackson's videos show the unmistakable influence of the dance sequences, in ‘Bad’ stylised dance is used throughout clearly inspired by the film version of West Side Story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlSJggiOLMQ
The dramatic glamorous musical style has been repeated throughput pop videos history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qHtkWyNvgU
In 1926 Warner Bros produced Vitaphone shorts which featured many bands, vocalists and dancers. The series was called Spooney Melodies and is arguably the first ever music video and showcased popular tunes of the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g4hnwt8jdU
In 1929 a short film of blues singer Nick Graves appeared called St. Louis Blues with actors acting out the song. After this many other musicians turned the hands to the musical shorts and such as musician Louis Jordan in the 1940s who made short films for his songs, some of which could be played together as a feature film called Lookout Sister.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1sH7u_o5qU
These early advancements in creativity, music distribution and technology formed the foundations for many more music videos and ‘Promotional Clips’ were born. These were specifically made for the Panoram visual jukebox which offered short films of musical selections.
These were usually just a band on a movie-set bandstand,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeoNhJdnaUM
This is still a popular format in today’s music industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVboOdX9icA
Musical films are a good example of music presented visually and are another important ancestor to the modern music video, several well-known music videos have inspired by classic Hollywood musicals. A good example is the popular 1985 Madonna hit ‘Material Girl’ which was largely inspired by ‘Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend’ from film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miBiMAF3fy0
Several of Michael Jackson's videos show the unmistakable influence of the dance sequences, in ‘Bad’ stylised dance is used throughout clearly inspired by the film version of West Side Story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlSJggiOLMQ
The dramatic glamorous musical style has been repeated throughput pop videos history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qHtkWyNvgU
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