HISTORY OF THE MUSIC VIDEO
Oskar Fischingerr was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker and painter, who created abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music videos.
He created special effects for Fritz Lang's 1929 Woman In The Moon one of the first sci-fi rocket movies. He made over 50 short films, and painted around 800 canvases, many of which are displayed in museums, galleries and collections worldwide.
OSKAR FISCHINGERR
The first feature - length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences. The release started the commercial production of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era.
Directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros.
In 1996, The Jazz Singer was selected for preservation in the U.S. Library of the Congress's National Film Registry of "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" motion pictures.
THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
Soundies were three-minute American musical 16mm films, produced in New York City, Chicago and Hollywood, between 1940 and 1946, each containing a song, dance and/or band or orchestral number.
The films were displayed on the Panoram, a coin - operated film jukebox or machine music, in nightclubs, bars, restaurants, factory lounges and amusement centres.
Panoram was the trademark name of a visual jukebox that played music accompanied by a synched, filmed image (the equivalent of todays music videos) popular within the U.S during the 1940's. The device consisted of a jukebox playing a closed - loop 16mm film reel projected onto a glass screen.
SOUNDIES & THE PANORAM (1940S)
Jailhouse Rock is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler and Mickey Shaughnessy.
During post - production, the songs were dubbed into the film screens, in which Presley mimed the lyrics.
The dance sequence to the films title song "Jailhouse Rock" is often cited as "Presleys greatest moment on screen"
JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957)
A Hard Days's Night is a 1964 British comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring The Beatles, portraying several days in the lives of the group.
The film is credited as being one of the most influential musical films of all time, inspiring numerous other shows following stars such as The Monkees' television show and pop music videos.
A HARD DAYS NIGHT (1964)
Summer Holiday is a British CinemaScope and Technicolor musical film featuring singer Cliff Richard.
The film's producers felt that female lead in the film, Lauri Peters, was not a strong enough singer after several test recording sessions and all of her parts, both in the film and on the soundtrack album were dubbed by session vocalist Grazina Frame.
The majority of the numbers integrated dance with song - not merely serving as scenes to promote a number of "hit-parade" songs.
SUMMER HOLIDAY (1962)
The promotional film for "Penny Lane" was, together with the video for "Strawberry Fields Forever", one of the first examples of what later became known as a music video.
The music video for the song was not filmed at Penny Lane as The Beatles were reluctant to travel to Liverpool. Street scenes were filmed in and around Angel Lane in London's East End; Therefore, this encouraged the idea of creating an image, even if the reality is not what is portrayed on screen.
PENNY LANE (1967)
Though some artists had made video clips to accompany songs (including Queen themselves), it was only after the success of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that it became regular practice for record companies to produce promotional videos for artists' single releases. These videos could then be shown on television shows, such as the BBC'sTop of the Pops, without the need for the artist to appear in person. A promo video also allowed the artist to have their music broadcast and accompanied by their own choice of visuals. According to May, the video was produced so that the band could avoid miming on Top of the Pops, since they would have looked off miming to such a complex song.
The video has been hailed as launching the MTV age.
All of the special effects were achieved during the recording, rather than editing.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (1975)
The Buggles Video for this track's theme was promotion of technology while worrying about its effects. This song relates to concerns about mixed attitudes towards 20th - century inventions and machines for the media arts.
The song's music video was written, directed and edited by Russell Mulcahy, and is well remembered as the first music video shown on MTV in the US at 12:01am on August 1st 1981, and the first video shown on MTV Classic in the UK on March 1st 2010.
VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR (1977)
"Ashes to Ashes" is a song by David Bowie, released in 1980. As well as its musical qualities, it is noted for its innovative video, directed by Bowie and David Mallet, which at the time became the most expensive music video ever made.
It incorporated scenes both in solarised colour and in stark black-and-white and was filmed in multiple locations.The complexity and high production cost of "Ashes to Ashes" makes it one of the most significant in the evolution of the music video.
ASHES TO ASHES (1980)
As with Pink Floyd's previous three albums, The Wall is a concept album and explores themes of abandonment and personal isolation. The album is a rock opera that follows Pink, a character whom Waters modelled after himself and the band's original leader, Syd Barrett.
Pink Floyd – The Wall is a 1982 British live-action/animated surreal musical film directed by Alan Parker with animated segments by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, and is based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album of the same name.
Like its musical companion, the film is highly metaphorical and symbolic imagery and sound are present most commonly. However, the film is mostly driven by music, and does not feature much dialogue. The film is best known for its disturbing surreal environment, animated sequences, violence and gore, sexual situations, characterisation, and many more that caused it to be one of the most surreal musicals of all time. The film has since fared well generally, and has established cult status
THE WALL (1982)
Michael Jackson's Thriller is a 13-minute music video for the song of the same name released on December 2, 1983.
It was MTV's first world premiere video. Voted as the most influential pop music video of all time
It was the first, ever (and to this day, only) music video to be selected for the National Film Register and won several awards such as 2 Grammys and 4 MTV awards.
Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the "most successful music video", selling over nine million copies.
THRILLER (1983)
This decade bought around 24 hour-a-day music channels such as MTV, MTV Raps, Country Music Television (CMT)and VH1(Video Hits-1) and therefore emphasised the importance and power of music videos as an advertising and star making mechanism.
1981 - 1991
In November 1992, MTV began listing directors with the artist and song credits, reflecting the fact that music videos had increasingly become an auteur's medium as well as providing legitimacy and credibility.
From 1991 to 2001, Billboard had its own Music Video Awards.
Most expensive music video ever made costing $7,000,000.
SCREAM (1995)
Most viewed music video on YouTube with 2579,000,000 views.
GANGNAM STYLE (2012)
