Music videos began in the 1970s as live performances of bands but evolved in the 1980s with the launch of MTV. MTV popularized music videos where artists would record themselves singing and include accompanying visuals. One of the first true music videos was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. Michael Jackson then produced advanced music videos like "Thriller" that told narrative stories through the visual medium. Now, music videos come in many styles from performance-based to narratives and vary by genre, being much more developed than the early live clips.

1. History of Music Video
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2. What is a music video?
 A m u s i c vi d e o con tai n s m ovi n g i m age s - fi lm or
an i m ati on - w i th m u s i c p layi n g th rou gh ou t. i T u n e s
tak e s "M T V-S tyle " m u s i c vi d e os . M os t m u s i c vi d e os
are u n d e r 6 m i n u te s h ow e ve r s om e can b e u p to 30
m i n u te s ( th i n k T h ri lle r)
 M u s i c vi d e os u s e a w i d e ran ge of s tyle s of fi lm
m ak i n g te ch n i q u e s , i n clu d i n g an i m ati on , li ve acti on
fi lm i n g, d ocu m e n tari e s , an d n on -n arrati ve
ap p roach e s s u ch as ab s tract fi lm . S om e m u s i c
vi d e os b le n d d i ffe re n t s tyle s , s u ch as an i m ati on an d
li ve acti on . M an y m u s i c vi d e os d o n ot i n te rp re t
i m age s from th e s on g's lyri cs , m ak i n g i t le s s li te ral
th an e x p e cte d . Oth e r m u s i c vi d e os m ay b e w i th ou t
a s e t con ce p t, b e i n g m e re ly a fi lm e d ve rs i on of th e

3. History of Music Videos
 B e fore th e 1 97 0’s , m u s i c vi d e os are cli p s
of b an d s /arti s ts m ak i n g m u s i c, h ow e ve r
7 0’s an d 80’s cam e .
 T op of th e Pop s lau n ch e d i n th e U K i n
1 97 0’s an d s h ow e d li ve p e rform an ce s of
th e b an d s , h ow e ve r th e 1 980’s cam e an d
M T V w as lau n ch e d , th i s i s w h e n th e b an d s
re cord th e m s e lve s s i n gi n g a s on g an d
m ak e a m u s i c vi d e o.

4. Examples
T h e fi rs t actu al m u s i c vi d e o i s ‘Vi d e o k i lle d th e
rad i o s tar’ b y B u ggle s , th e n i t w e n t flyi n g b y.
Arti s ts s u ch as M i ch ae l Jack s on p rod u ce d
th ri lle r w h i ch i s a m u s i c vi d e o / s h ort fi lm
w i th a n arrati ve .

5. Music Videos Now
 M u s i c vi d e os n ow are ve ry d i ffe re n t to
th e on e s b e fore , m os t of th e m h ave
n arrati ve , s om e are p e rform an ce b as e d .
S om e ti m e s i t d i ffe rs w h i ch ge n re i t i s .
 T h e re are Pop , R ock , Cou n try an d
oth e rs .